The two major political parties both entered this year wanting to win the White House quite badly, but they took radically different paths to the general election.  Democrats followed a significantly less small-d democratic process to arrive at Vice President Kamala Harris as their nominee than the Republicans did in nominating former President Donald Trump for the third consecutive election. This is despite the fact that Democrats have often framed the 2024 presidential race as a defense of democracy against a GOP they widely regard as supporting minoritarian rule of the country even apart from the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and attempts to discredit the election results from four years ago. (Getty Images / Washington Examiner) While the manner in which Harris was selected was unprecedented in the modern political era, this disconnect has arguably...