Reasoning

COTTonLINE believes these three statements are self-evident:

• The Democrats are the party of government solutions to our problems.
• Americans have little faith in government.
• Republicans tend to express that lack of faith.

Therefore:

• In any rational world the public's lack of faith in government should make the Democratic platform very difficult to sell.

However:

• This is demonstrably not a rational world.

Finally:

• The outcome in November of 2016 is not a foregone conclusion.