Here is a premise:
If Finkelstein were to apply his logic to Lee Atwater's Willie Horton strategy, he'd have to write, Not race but crime served as the prime scapegoat of George Bush's 1988 campaign.

Here is a hypothesis:
With Horton's strategy, crime can bee seen as the main patsy during Bush's 1988 campaign.

Here are the options: Choose your answer from: 1). yes. 2). it is not possible to tell. 3). no.
Is it possible to conclude that if the premise is true, then so is the hypothesis?
1).