Martin’s “pencil to a knife fight” zinger resonated on social media and frankly with myself, but it leaves me wondering: who is this knife fight taking place against? The context for Martin’s pencil to a knife fight comment is his admission that the party of “A-student” types and lawyers solely mount a legal and procedural challenge to Trump. “We've gotta stand up and fight,” Martin says, suggesting bazookas instead. Democratic Party leaders barely use the media to speak to the public. The Democratic Party met this past week and emerged with an exact repeat, a strict adherence to where the puck was in a losing game.