ANDREW SULLIVAN: The Trap The Democrats Walked Right Into: If law and order are what this election is about, they will lose it. “Rioting and lawlessness is evil. And any civil authority that permits, condones or dismisses violence, looting and mayhem in the streets disqualifies itself from any legitimacy. This comes first. If one party supports everything I believe in but doesn’t believe in maintaining law and order all the time and everywhere, I’ll back a party that does.”