Hey Scott,
I sent ya an email regarding your question.
Bottom line, I didn't do a very good job of answering Scott's question since I don't have much experience using "Normalize" as a finishing process. I've used some of the other plug-ins that come with newer versions of Sound Forge (WaveHammer, for example), but not Normalize. I did some goofing around with it this morning and it seems pretty powerful for changing the overall levels.
Hopefully somebody else will share their experiences with Normalize and be able to help Scott.
-mike