As Minipundit notes, a thought and a nod should go out today to the Edwards commenters. No other candidate came close to having the whip-smart, searingly eloquent, ferociously committed online advocates that Edwards amassed. There were many among their number, but king of the hill was, without doubt, Petey, who probably wrote more on this blog than I did, and likely converted more undecided voters than anyone who didn’t share the candidate’s surname. If you are too judge a man by his friends, you should judge a candidate by his backers, and in that measure, Edwards was truly fortunate.

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.