Leonard Pitts: Democrats, take note. ‘Normal’ isn’t coming back

Smack them with their own bat.That was the gist of, "Hey Democrats, Fighting Fair is for Suckers," a provocative jeremiad that Politico ran on Independence Day. In it, writer Rob Goodman argued that, after Republicans have killed all the old political norms — denying a Supreme Court nominee a hearing, for example — it's silly for Democrats to go on playing by the rules. Why obey the law in a lawless world?"Norms are only norms when they are mutual," wrote Goodman, "fairness is only f