Premise:
"The improvements in roads and means of transportation that had in part been responsible for the decline of the yeoman economy now made it possible for more visitors to view the natural beauty of the Lakes region."
Hypothesis: The roads and means of transportation declined in quality.

no

Premise:
"As you know, I have strong political ties to presidential candidate George W. Bush, however these are not the opinions of Red Herring Communications nor do they influence the journalistic ethics of any of the editorial properties of Red Herring Communications, Perkins wrote."
Hypothesis: Perkins didn't had an article about the influences of political ties to journalists.

no

Premise:
"But capital-gains and estate-tax cuts of almost any sort will surely favor the well-to-do in the long run."
Hypothesis: Most of the time those kinds of policies are geared towards benefiting the rich.
it is not possible to tell