By the same token, it seems naive to expect the Tories to continue the Barnett formula which provides increased funding for Scotland.
Like a trending topic on Twitter, it's preaching to the choir, it fails to resonate with the wider population, it seems naive.
All in all, it seems naive to imagine that the rules are not being pushed to the limit – and often beyond – in the thirst for victory.
It seems naive to expect a different fate to befall Hungary's wall, the site of which those same migrants will shortly reach.
And it seems naive to conclude, when discussing favelas and slums, that when "the periphery reclaims the centre, architecture will at last be built for the people".
Maybe that's OK with fashion, or a failing restaurant, or a naughty dog, but it seems naive to think that a bad parent can be turned into a good parent over the course of an hour of entertaining television.
If he is elected, however, it seems naive to assume that party leaders won't also pressure him to deliver judicial assignments or legislative favors that might benefit the donors they depend upon.
And these days, it seems naive to randomly cross-dress various characters without an apparent point of view about the implied gender politics - and yet we get Audrey and Phebe en travestie for no apparent reason other than to provoke a laugh at big blokes in frocks.
While Van Susteren's fans seem enthused about her new endeavor, it seems naive to say the app will give any platform — Snapchat, Facebook or otherwise — any kind of true competition.
If it seems naive to call Obama a hero and unfair to brand him a failure, maybe the best way to look at him is to quote his own final speech: "We're not where we need to be.
