It was inevitable that Nancy Pelosi and/or Barack Obama would let it be known quickly after Kamala’s defeat that they preferred an open process to her coronation, and, sure enough, that’s what Pelosi has told the New York Times.

An open process would indeed have been better for the Democrats’ purposes, but Biden’s selfish decision to run again — and the Democratic establishment’s willingness to go along until the first debate — made it difficult, if not impossible, to pull off. Oh, well — too bad!