With Republicans sweatily gripping all the levers of government, it’s worth taking a moment to see how the worm has turned. MoJo blog had a great post showing that Bush’s speech wasn’t so much penned by Michael Gerson, as lifted from an acceptance address 50 years ago:

Ezra Klein is a former Prospect writer and current editor-in-chief at Vox. His work has appeared in the LA Times, The Guardian, The Washington Monthly, The New Republic, Slate, and The Columbia Journalism Review. He’s been a commentator on MSNBC, CNN, NPR, and more.