If this threat is real - and it is - Senators cannot responsibly turn over the Pentagon to someone so indifferent to it.

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Its essence, in their view: If the Liberal Democrats were to do poorly in July's election, the prime minister might get the message that he should turn management of Japan Inc. over to someone else.

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It suggests that we as a populace see the president as a potential savior, someone to whom we can turn over our burdens, who can magically make the world right.

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