text: I was listening to NPR last night, and heard someone talking about some area of policy or other in reference to the upcoming Trump regime.  (I hesitate to use the term "administration" in regard to them, as that seems to be one thing they have no interest in at all.) He said "I have no reason to believe" that Trump would not be reasonable in some area of policy.  However, I don't think that we have "reason to believe" anything of the sort.  
  
   The unspoken assumption of this column, along with so much blathering right now, that we are looking at "four bad years" but then the next election could fix things.  What in the world would give you "reason to believe" that many people supporting Trump have any interest in their ever being truly free elections ever again?  The Republican Party has been promoting one scheme after another since the late 60's to make sure that the votes of the "right people" count more.  Actually winning a majority seems to be out of their playbook at this point.