About two dozen Democrats are vying to take Rahm Emanuel’s old seat in next week’s special election. I’m not going to get to deep into the details — this is a policy blog, dammit! — save to say that I like what Harold Meyerson had to say about the race.

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.