Read Stoller. I really don’t think the damage Bush has done to America’s foreign standing is irreparable, and the receptions greeting American political leaders like Clinton, Pelosi, and Obama when they travel abroad is evidence of a continuing thirst for the stability that the concept of America provides.

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.