we bring in robert feldman from morgan stanley. ng voice here of japan. robert, thank you for being with us. how does the lbp regroup on this loss? forward,heir strategy towards the next national election? robert: well, they don't have one yet. facesk prime minister abe two choices. he can embrace the policies that the governor used to win the victory or he could dig in his heels. probably willt he go with the former because there is no future in the latter. i have a gizmo i used to look at the analysis called the quick cycle. crisis, response, improvement and complacency. they have been in complacency for several months now and this might be the crisis they need to move into another reform phase. tom: you have told us before of a bit's strength in the rural area. can the rural japan help him maintain power? or is tokyo and the city so dominant that he needs to adjust? robert: the cities are very dominant in terms of population. tokyo is one third of the population of the entire country. if you cannot windy city, it is hard to win t