Marc Ambinder spent a year and a half at the Hotline, where he was the editor of "Hotline On Call," a pathbreaking political news blog. He spent four years in the ABC News Political Unit as a reporter, researcher and a field producer, and was one of the founders of ABC's "The Note." At The Atlantic, Ambinder writes an award-winning daily political blog and contributes to the magazine. He is also a contributing editor to National Journal. In late 2007, he was named chief political consultant to CBS News. He's a 2001 graduate of Harvard and lives in Washington, D.C.