Sentence 1: For their part, Highland Southern populists tend to rally around harebrained economic programs, elevating them from an instrument of policy into a symbol of a crusade against their enemies.

Sentence 2: Highland Southern populists tend to rally around economic programs.
Possible answers:
a). yes;
b). it is not possible to tell;
c). no;
Is this second sentence entailed by the first sentence?
a).