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Marc Ambinder - Marc Ambinder is the White House correspondent for National Journal and a contributing editor at The Atlantic. More

Marc Ambinder is the White House correspondent for National Journal. He previously served as the politics editor, and is now a contributing editor, for The Atlantic, where he curated the influential Politics channel on TheAtlantic.com and contributed to the magazine. He was also a chief political consultant to CBS News. Earlier, at NJ's Hotline, Ambinder was the founding editor of "Hotline On Call," a pathbreaking political news blog. He also worked as a producer and reporter for the ABC News Political Unit and was one of the founders of ABC's "The Note." Born in New York City, raised in Central Florida, Ambinder is a 2001 graduate of Harvard and lives in Washington, D.C.
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No Coincidence: WH Brings Fight To Nebraska

By Marc Ambinder

Jun 11 2009, 1:44 PM ET Comment

With news that health care reform advocates plan to spend millions on TV ads to pressure recalcitrant Democrats and Republicans to sign onto comprehensive health care reform, the White House is upping the ante on one prominent Democrat, Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE).

Health and Human Services secretary Kathleen Sebelius plans a health care roundtable in Omaha, Nebraska tomorrow and will later tour a local hospital.

Nelson recently called the inclusion of a government-run health care option a "deal-breaker." This is how the White House returns the gesture.
             
A senior White House official said cabinet officials "never go anywhere by happenstance."


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