Sentence 1: Clinton, continues Gigot, has come to regard himself as a latter-day Jean Valjean, a decent man hounded by inexplicably cruel enemies.

Sentence 2: Clinton, at least according to Gigot, views himself as a the polar opposite of Jean Valjean.
Is this second sentence entailed by the first?

Answer: no

Sentence 1: Yet deficits are deeply unpopular, most of all with the sort of folks who celebrate the new wealth created by the stock market.

Sentence 2: Deficits are very unpopular with folks who celebrate the wealth of the stock market.
Is this second sentence entailed by the first?

Answer: yes

Sentence 1: he claims to be out there to play ball yeah they say he's really been hustling

Sentence 2: He enjoys playing basketball.
Is this second sentence entailed by the first?

Answer:
it is not possible to tell