tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post4263177386339301903..comments2023-10-09T00:45:55.603+09:00Comments on Shisaku: Hatoyama Yukio - InnovatorMTChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04626942240117432624noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-76440236630210297802010-06-14T12:20:03.878+09:002010-06-14T12:20:03.878+09:00I fail to see how the fall of Hatoyama/Ozawa has d...I fail to see how the fall of Hatoyama/Ozawa has discredited the back-room system. It seems to me that the back-room powers were able to put down the mild challenge to them that Ozawa represented. But then, I see the back rooms as being full of bureaucrats and big money interests, not, say, Fukushima or Kamei.PaxAmericananoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-17555950333822436352010-06-14T00:50:43.518+09:002010-06-14T00:50:43.518+09:00I felt that Hatoyama took Ozawa down a few pegs wi...I felt that Hatoyama took Ozawa down a few pegs with him because he was a little pissed at the puppet strings he had to deal with all year.<br /><br />In Japanese fashion, I think Hatoyama felt that if he had to take responsibility, then the guy who really had responsibility better go down, too, with him.<br /><br />Ozawa is probably not 100% down for the count, because he is probably figuring out ways to manipulate the July 11 election to his advantage . . .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-34657424947046994722010-06-13T10:11:44.912+09:002010-06-13T10:11:44.912+09:00He may not have been the a good choice for that ki...He may not have been the a good choice for that kind of post, but yes, he's seem to have taken the idea of accountability seriously. Never thought of this in terms of him optimizing away his own position.<br /><br />And if nothing else comes out of the past eight months, that he's kicked out Ozawa - and discredited the back-room political system - is by itself enough to chalk his tenure up as a qualified net positive.Jan Morenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06834641501438709866noreply@blogger.com