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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.

The Most Popular 2009 Election Video Is Phat

By Marc Ambinder
Nov 3 2009, 11:56 AM ET Comment

Or, "Fat," as in calling attention to the obesity of one's opponent. That's right -- according to the folks at Google, the ad named "if" by Jon Corzine's gubernatorial campaign was downloaded 100,000 more times than its nearest competitor.  Who's responsible for calling attention to the ad? The media, which picked up on charges, later confirmed, that Corzine's jibe at Chris Christie -- the Republican "threw his weight around" -- was deliberately designed to make fun of Christie's girth and draw out associated stereotypes.

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