The Washington Post has a story today headlined “Obama’s Team Rankles the Right: To Some Conservatives, Advisers Are Alarmingly Liberal.”

Yes, to conservatives, I’d imagine that Barack Obama’s advisers are alarmingly liberal, much as Barack Obama was alarmingly liberal. But they made that argument to the American people, and the American people rejected it. It’s interesting to note that conservatives haven’t changed their mind on that fact, but what’s the relevance?

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.