Ellis Krauss Quotes on Parties (2 Quotes)

Party label and leadership image become more important...and thus who leads the party and what the party stands for, which can be communicated to a large number of people only by media, especially TV, becomes a more important factor.

If Koizumi wins, his party is not going to be the old LDP, ... Koizumi has become able to call the shots and in the future, no matter who is prime minister, the back benchers will be hesitant about defying policy made by the leadership.