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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.

Bloomberg for Treasury? Don't Bet On It

By Marc Ambinder
Sep 1 2010, 9:39 AM ET Comment

Page Six rumports (rumor-reports) today that White House officials are sounding out New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg to succeed Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, assuming that Geithner, ah, steps down, or is ousted somehow after the projected Democratic midterm bloodbath.

A White House official flatly denies this is the case, and a Bloomberg spokesman said that "the President didn't float anything, and the Mayor hasn't had a boss  in almost 30 years. He has zero interest in Treasury and is one of Geithner's biggest supporters."

Hasn't had a boss in 30 years?

What about the people of New York City?

(I kid... but ... do I?)

Also: the notion that the White House want to replace one Wall Street titan with another, especially if they're concerned with economic optics post mid-term, is a little foolish.


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