It’s not starting for another 15 minutes, but the best bit of insight I’ve heard from the pre-speech cable blather was “he’ll be giving the speech in front of no fewer than eight American flags…”

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.