Marc Ambinder
Marc Ambinder is TheWeek.com's editor-at-large. He is the author, with D.B. Grady, of The Command and Deep State: Inside the Government Secrecy Industry. Marc is also a contributing editor for The Atlantic and GQ. Formerly, he served as White House correspondent for National Journal, chief political consultant for CBS News, and politics editor at The Atlantic. Marc is a 2001 graduate of Harvard. He is married to Michael Park, a corporate strategy consultant, and lives in Los Angeles.
Latest articles by Marc Ambinder
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Donald Trump is right. Bernie Sanders sold out. But here's what he got.
opinion It sure as hell wasn't for nothing
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Making sense of Trump, Putin, and the DNC email hack
opinion If it has become Russian policy to try and influence the election of the next president of the United States, then we, as citizens, should at least be aware of that intervention
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The political genius of Donald Trump's big speech
The Explainer Donald Trump's big speech wasn't meant for most of America. It was meant for 5 states.
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An unconventional disaster for Donald Trump
opinion Donald Trump promised us a different kind of convention. Boy, has he delivered.
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Melania Trump's unforgivable sin
opinion Another Republican presidential nominee might emerge from this unscathed. Not Donald Trump.
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Donald Trump is the Fight Club candidate
opinion And that's why so many voters love him
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How the Dallas shooting was despicably spun into a race war
opinion Shame on The New York Post
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How Bernie Sanders should try to flip Hillary Clinton's superdelegates
opinion Maybe Hillary beats Donald Trump or she loses to him or she ties. Bernie crushes him.
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The Libertarian Party has a cognitive dissonance problem
opinion How can you run to be the chief executive of an extremely statist entity from a perch that is diametrically opposed to the modern state?
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Donald Trump's rise and the echoes of 1968
opinion Trump bears a passing similarity to George Wallace, the flamboyantly populist and demagogic former Alabama governor who ran for president in 1968
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Wait. Donald Trump is winning?
feature Here's why polls are suddenly showing a tighter race between Hillary Clinton and Trump
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Bernie Sanders' campaign isn't about ideas anymore. It's about him.
opinion This endangers his legacy — and he needs to realize it
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What Clinton should really fear about Trump
opinion And what she can safely ignore
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The Libertarian Party is blowing its big chance
The Explainer We may be living in a libertarian moment. But so far, it's not the Libertarians' moment.
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The end of spare time
feature Is there something sacrilegious about turning a hobby into a more economically productive endeavor?
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How Bernie Sanders could elect more Democrats than Hillary Clinton — without being the nominee
The Explainer Time to put that small donor list to good use
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Don't freak out about Donald Trump. Everything is going to be okay.
opinion Take a deep breath. The end of the world is not at hand.
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The Clinton Doomsday scenario
The Explainer It's highly unlikely. But it could happen.
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Why Bernie Sanders should never give up
opinion The best argument for Bernie Sanders has nothing to do with the presidency
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Why Republicans won't even try to nominate the next president at their convention
The Explainer This year's convention will be about finding a stopgap or a scapegoat — but not a president
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Bernie Sanders made his best case against Hillary Clinton in the Brooklyn debate. It wasn't good enough.
opinion Bernie made a case against Clinton that sounds strong to those who buy what Sanders is selling. But he did not earn himself any new customers.
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Donald Trump has a delegate problem. And it's not the one you think.
The Explainer Inside the stealth campaign to sabotage Trump at the convention
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An open letter to Mitch McConnell
opinion You're going to settle for Donald Trump. Just accept it.
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Donald Trump's disruption of the Fox News debate is a political masterstroke
The Explainer Trump again shows why he's the master of instant politics
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