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NEWS ABOUT: Marc Ambinder

Marc Ambinder stories: 4 news summaries
Marc Ambinder

Is Biden Really Less Popular Than Cheney?

Nope! Recent Gallup numbers don't give whole picture

Oct 28, 09 1:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - The latest Gallup numbers look bad for Joe Biden. His approval rating has sunk to 42%, which seems to put him way below the 55% Al Gore averaged in his first year, and way, way below the 65% Cheney averaged in his. Say it ain’t so! “OK, it... More »

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Joe Biden • Dick Cheney • Al Gore • vice president • approval ratings • poll numbers • Marc Ambinder

OPINION

Beck Could Be
'Major' Factor
in 2010 Vote

If he combines angry right-wingers with libertarians, look out

Oct 16, 09 10:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Don't look now, but Glenn Beck could turn out to be a big factor in the 2010 elections, writes Marc Ambinder. Beck is cooking up some kind of voter mobilization project, which is a "tricky proposition" given that "conservative talk radio audiences—and Fox News viewers—tend to... More »

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Congress • Fox News • Ron Paul • Republican Party • Glenn Beck • libertarians • voter registration • conservatives • Election 2010 • midterm elections • Marc Ambinder • 9/12 Project

ANALYSIS

Russia Shifts on Iran, But Why Remains Unclear

Did Obama convince Medvedev, or is it quid pro quo, Ambinder wonders

Sep 23, 09 8:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Has the US finally convinced Russia that reining in Iran is in both countries’ common interest? Or are indications today that Russia could support sanctions on the rogue nuclear program part of a quid-pro-quo arrangement that President Obama launched last week by shelving the Eastern European missile shield? Marc Ambinder... More »

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Iran • Russia • nuclear program • Dmitry Medvedev • international sanctions • quid pro quo • President Obama • Marc Ambinder

ANALYSIS

Dropping Missile Shield Is Jab at Bush—Not US Allies

Obama & Co. see Russia, Iran threats differently

Sep 17, 09 6:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama’s decision to shelve the missile shield for Eastern Europe is appeasement only to those obsessed with “legacy threats” like Russia, Marc Ambinder writes for the Atlantic. Obama believes the threat from Iran was overstated by President Bush, and that the shield technology wasn’t a sure... More »

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Iran • Russia • intelligence • missile shield • Poland • Robert Gates • Czech Republic • George W. Bush • appeasement • President Obama • short-range missiles • Marc Ambinder

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