Back in Tokyo, some members of the opposition think that they can do business right through till next summer with the best prime minister the LDP never had.
That's what the opposition parties think and its difficult to think of another explanation for a wholesale change of personnel at such short notice.
And having a cohesive political opposition I think is critical to that.
The opposition parties certainly think so, but the man himself says he remains fully committed and fully engaged.
"In international rugby, if you have someone who is a bit different it puts more pressure on the opposition and I think that is what Cooper does, " he explained.
Those in opposition simply do not think that our current approach is the best approach.
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I'm the opposition, and I think more and more people are coming to Labour.
But few analysts think the opposition could muster enough votes to bring the government down.
Cambodian opposition politicians do not think they or the prince are at risk, at least in the capital.
"Governments rarely take by elections off opposition parties - I think the last time it happened was 30 years ago during the Falklands War, so this was not an unexpected result, " he said.
Despite her growing influence within the opposition, she refused to think of herself as a political leader.
And so this attack is likely to polarize the opposition, and I personally think it endangers the peace talks.
This often makes us think that the opposition is a little bit frightened of playing against us and don't really fancy it - which in turn makes us feel good about ourselves.
"If the Liberal Democrats maintain their opposition to it, I think there's a case for the Conservative Party passing that legislation with support from the Labour Party, " he told BBC Radio 5 live.
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Mr. DIONNE: And I think David puts his finger on something, which is if he did come out and say it's 18 months, I think there'd be more opposition to it from other quarters.
One is, do you think that essentially what the Republican opposition to this has done is forced sort of a relitigation of this entire debate, both on their side, trying to open up what the law says, and on your side, making the case, again, as you did initially?
Most opposition supporters, and some moderate chavistas too, now think that the recall referendum is the best way out of Venezuela's agony.
As another observation of fact, some Republican senators have a blanket opposition to the agency as it is, which I think, again, is worth noting to Americans out there that this agency, which exists principally and -- well, entirely to defend their interests against -- in helping them be better prepared in dealing with banks and financial institutions, is not supported by Republicans in the Senate.
Now, however, I do think fans are trying to be more vocal about their opposition to the Blake-Batman idea, thank goodness.
The committee's recommendations "don't necessarily have the support of the opposition", Mr Hanson said, "but I do think it is important that they are considered".
They spend the week leading up to games trying to predict what the opposition is going to do, and then designing plays and formations that they think will work best.
The kind of gay activists who think you can't be authentically gay unless you are permanently in opposition to the mainstream find the prospect of gay assimilation appalling.
For example, most EU governments would think twice about imposing regulations on the City of London over ferocious British opposition, knowing that it might be their turn to defend precious national interests next time.
And what do you think that Specter's departure says about the GOP's strength anymore as an opposition party?
But I think it's important to understand that the closer we get, the harder the opposition will fight and the more we'll hear from those whose interest or ideology run counter to the much needed action that we're engaged in.
"I think that he'll be quite surprised to find that he won against really quite determined opposition, " Mr Reid added.
"I think what we've seen in the past is that Tunisia had the effect of emboldening the opposition in Egypt, " he said.
Some observers think Mr Stoiber's goal is to weaken Mr Merkel so much that he could lead the opposition into coalition with the Social Democrats in 2006.
But Labour, who tabled an opposition day debate on the proposed sell off on 2 February, called on the minister to "stop and think again" about pushing ahead with the plans.
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