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.

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There could even be a double election for both houses, cast as a referendum on constitutional revisions.

211

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.

211

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.

198

There is no real support for the Social Democrat argument that revising Article Nine paves the path to war.

178

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.

173

There's no way around it. Koizumi is a political genius. His creation of the assassin candidates has captured the public's imagination.

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