tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post8293929365209046886..comments2023-10-09T00:45:55.603+09:00Comments on Shisaku: The Ruling Coalition Double Dares The Supreme CourtMTChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04626942240117432624noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-92149969515134748322013-04-25T03:46:48.192+09:002013-04-25T03:46:48.192+09:00Mr. Penn -
While I do not disagree with your assu...Mr. Penn -<br /><br />While I do not disagree with your assumptions (yes, the LDP does play to win) the cartoon and more importantly the publication in which it appeared demonstrates the risks Abe and his party are taking. When Yamada depicts the +0/+5 solution as a single sheet of paper a hurried Abe is holding above his head to fend off a downpour, the <i>Sankei Shimbun</i>'s cartoonist has an expectation that the conservative readership will "get" the image -- that the readership will share his cynical view of both Abe's haste and the flimsy solution.MTChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04626942240117432624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-83628894504315371202013-04-24T21:18:27.407+09:002013-04-24T21:18:27.407+09:00I hear you, man.
But I think the LDP's politi...I hear you, man.<br /><br />But I think the LDP's political calculation is on stronger ground than you suggest. Morally, they are definitely in the wrong, but by stepping barely within the legally-effective 2010 census they give the Supreme Court just enough space to spinelessly avoid confrontation with the administration. The LDP executives expect the courts will slither away from challenge, and I believe their expectation will prove justified.<br /><br />And, in the meantime, they get further mileage out of an unbalanced electoral system designed to overrepresent the LDP. Perhaps even time and seats enough to revise the Constitution.<br /><br />They play dirty, but unlike the DPJ they also play to win.Michael Pennhttp://www.shingetsunewsagency.comnoreply@blogger.com