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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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Twofer: A Third GOPer, And An Open Seat

By Marc Ambinder

Jun 2 2009, 10:13 AM ET Comment

In asking Rep. John McHugh (R-NY) to serve as his Secretary of the Army, President Obama has accomplished two things at once: he adds a third Republican to his administration, and, as Chris Cillizza points out, he opens up what will undoubtedly be a very competitive seat.  McHugh is popular in his district, but Obama managed to win in it by five percentage points. 

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