But, while Koizumi successfully knocked out the Tanaka faction within the LDP, many of Tanaka’s adherents ,led by Ozawa, had re-established themselves by colonizing and taking over the DPJ. Unsurprisingly, as Koizumi’s reforms stalled, and as LDP governments under Prime Ministers Shinzo Abe, Yasuo Fukuda, and Taro Aso ran adrift, Ozawa-proposed wealth redistribution captured the hearts and minds not only of rural voters, but also of city dwellers displeased at the fraying social-safety net.