source: the public's disappointment with the DPJ will lead to an erosion of confidence in the opposition camp as a whole. # A weakening of opposition ranks, already evident in the Diet and elsewhere, will further embolden the ruling parties.
target: the public's disappointment with the DPJ will lead to an erosion of confidence in the opposition camp as a whole. And since If the leading party of a coalition is discredited, the whole coalition it belongs to is dicredited. A weakening of opposition ranks, already evident in the Diet and elsewhere, will further embolden the ruling parties.