Being young as a politician means being energetic. But it can also mean that the politician is immature or fragile. |
He's already a lame duck, but it would be a minus for his ability to handle the LDP and parliament. |
Koizumi beat up on the old LDP and cast the Democratic Party as anti-reform, ... The Democrats should have stressed more that Koizumi's reforms were not enough. |
Koizumi beat up on the old LDP and cast the Democratic Party as anti-reform. The Democrats should have stressed more that Koizumi's reforms were not enough. |
Koizumi tried to achieve reform within the LDP framework ... But he couldn't do that, so that means reform is only possible if there is a change in government, |
Koizumi tried to achieve reform within the LDP framework ... But he couldn't do that, so that means reform is only possible if there is a change in government. |
Support for the Koizumi cabinet remains quite high among voters. But he can't solve the problems inside his own backyard. The election will be a great chance for the Democratic Party. |
The constitution will be a focus in 2007, |
There could even be a double election for both houses, cast as a referendum on constitutional revisions. |
There is no real support for the Social Democrat argument that revising Article Nine paves the path to war, |
There is no real support for the Social Democrat argument that revising Article Nine paves the path to war. |
There's no way around it. Koizumi is a political genius. His creation of the assassin candidates has captured the public's imagination. |