joining us from washington to discuss his tobias harris, political analyst. th us is betty liu to discuss the elections. tobias, tell us the implications of the election. what can he accomplish now with this new alliance majority he perhaps could not get done before? >> the biggest takeaway from this election is it was a vote for stability for most japanese voters. they told pollsters going into the election that is what they wanted. theyold one newspaper wanted the ruling coalition to keep its majority and stay in power. this is a vote for keeping -- not changing midstream with abe. betty: do you think he was aided fiasco whicht ended up propelling the yen higher? did that bolster support for his majority party? >> certainly. i think it helped reinforce the idea of stability, that you need a sure hand. the opposition had nothing to answer anything he said. they offered policies that were a pale imitation. the public has not forgotten what the democratic party was like in power. for better or worse, abe is the most stable hand on leadership at the moment. >> w