tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post7932112402819303611..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: DPP SplitsMichael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-57935142792516955052010-08-10T22:27:33.957+08:002010-08-10T22:27:33.957+08:00Build on for what? A legislative position?
Yang p...<b>Build on for what? A legislative position?</b><br /><br />Yang probably thinks he has a chance of winning this time, and I guess if he can completely squeeze the blue vote he might have an outside chance. The KMT candidate seems very weak and there are still a lot of blue voters in KHH city. And he will have supporters in KHH county who will still turn out for him.<br /><br />If he gets close maybe he would be in with another shot in the future, particularly if people in the former county feel they are being ignored after the merger.<br /><br />A run for the legislature is another possibility, but I would have thought the party would have supported him for that anyway in exchange for not running against Chen Ju.<br /><br />Interesting to see what Xu Tiancai does as well. At the moment most people seem to think that he is less likely to run. He's already tried that once in the past and lost.Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-30515044776046112092010-08-10T21:14:25.663+08:002010-08-10T21:14:25.663+08:00Build on for what? A legislative position?Build on for what? A legislative position?Michael Turtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-69189236701422821742010-08-10T19:09:12.932+08:002010-08-10T19:09:12.932+08:00Well by running in a primary of a party you really...<b>Well by running in a primary of a party you really enter a moral obligation to abide by it's results. If you don't feel bound by the decision of the party members then you can decide to run as an independent right from start, not after being asked to step aside.</b><br /><br />Yes, you are right. Even though the telephone surveys don't seem the fairest way of choosing a candidate, everyone (including Yang) agreed to the rules of the game and to abide by the result.<br /><br />According to one DPP supporting friend, the issue might be Chen Ju's rather abrasive personality. Although the DPP has sent heavyweights down from Taipei to placate Yang, Chen has taken a rather dismissive attitude towards him. Apparently he feels very aggrieved by this. She probably doesn't care much as she is sure to win whatever.<br /><br />However, by running Yang hopes to consolidate support in KHH county. Some people are worried that after the merger the rural areas will get ignored as more resources are ploughed into the city. This sentiment might be something that Yang can build on over the longer term.Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-44488134152285202972010-08-09T23:10:20.385+08:002010-08-09T23:10:20.385+08:00Well by running in a primary of a party you really...Well by running in a primary of a party you really enter a moral obligation to abide by it's results. If you don't feel bound by the decision of the party members then you can decide to run as an independent right from start, not after being asked to step aside. <br /><br />That said: primaries as telephone surveys? That doesn't seem to do internal democracy justice.StefanMuchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13041616398172997165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-59993413161772382552010-08-09T13:35:10.259+08:002010-08-09T13:35:10.259+08:00The completely unsubstantiated word in green circl...The completely unsubstantiated word in green circles here in Taipei is that Yang has a bunch of messy corruption scandals hanging over his head and has been pressured into running by the KMT so as to escape prosecution. <br /><br />Meanwhile a blue China Times reader in southern Taiwan suggested Saturday that when the KNT loses in Tainan and Kaohsiung despite the DPP splits there, it will just put an exclamation point on KMT weakness in the south.Michael Faheyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11057491107522344042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-54347225671565463602010-08-09T12:57:41.368+08:002010-08-09T12:57:41.368+08:00Yang Qiuxing and Xu Tiancai are both popular incum...Yang Qiuxing and Xu Tiancai are both popular incumbents. I can see why they feel aggrieved, particularly as they were denied nomination on the basis of rather unscientific telephone surveys. Do the DPP not have any better nomination strategy?<br /><br />Lin Jialong had already lost badly twice to Hu. He didn't really have much choice but to step aside.<br /><br />This situation is not good for the DPP, because although they are unlikely to lose either of their southern strongholds, they will have to put more resources into defending them. This could affect the election in the two Taipeis and Taichung.<br /><br />Yang has already been courting light-blue voters by "thanking" the central government for its work post-Morakat. This is a striking reversal of his previous trenchant criticism. I think he will come second in Kaohsiung.<br /><br />The DPP is still riven by factionalism. In contrast, the KMT is looking relatively united behind its candidates. This could make the difference between 2 wins for the DPP and 3 or 4 wins.Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-54518286824358678792010-08-08T22:14:50.808+08:002010-08-08T22:14:50.808+08:00Thanks man. I hope Rendy Lu wins big and someday ...Thanks man. I hope Rendy Lu wins big and someday makes a splash for us!Michael Turtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-74450772677749434972010-08-08T22:02:44.832+08:002010-08-08T22:02:44.832+08:00Anyone on Facebook can join Rendy Lu's fan pag...Anyone on Facebook can join Rendy Lu's fan page. It's likely, as AP likes to say, a "hotbed" -- but one of pro-Taiwan hero worship.<br /><br />If you haven't been following the ascent of Lu, who smashed Andy Roddick at Wimbledon recently, in a follow-up interview after his win, Lu made it explicitly known that he is from Taiwan, is Taiwanese, and is not Chinese or from Chinese Taipei or any other place.Marcnoreply@blogger.com