Sentence 1: If the basic political tensions in America today are between pro-big-government and anti-big-government factions, and the pro-big-government faction just won, how are the Journal 's editorial sympathizers supposed to find comfort in that analysis?

Sentence 2: If the political tensions are between people that are for medium and no government, how should the Journals allies find comfort?
Is this second sentence entailed by the first sentence?
no