Four years ago, we endorsed Katherine Harris for Secretary of State because we saw her as being "among the top Republican leaders in the state . . . bright, energetic, with tremendous potential and a distinguished career in state office." We said Harris was "in the right place at the right time to forge an exciting partnership between the arts, education and economic development." She was then a little-known Sarasota legislator with impressive credentials, including a Harvard master's degree in public administration, international trade and negotiations. Now the whole nation knows her as the secretary of state who presided over...