How Democrats Reversed the Script on the GOP

 Democrats arrive here, a city that’s played host to so many drama-filled political conventions, as a party lacking in drama. They are disciplined, orderly and united around Vice President Kamala Harris and, more to the point, thwarting former President Donald Trump’s restoration.

This new era of good feelings for Democrats is a far cry from last month, when they faced their most existential crisis since Trump’s initial election, their leaders staring one another down in a sort of political version of nuclear brinksmanship. And it differs from so many previous conventions when there was often intra-party tension over policy, politics, personnel, or all three, looming above the proceedings.

Yes, there will still be protests over the Middle East, an issue that threatens the Democrats’ fragile coalition and electoral map.

However, as the convention gets underway the larger and more consequential story is what the party has become — and how they differ from Republicans.