After the fiercely contested legislative election campaign last December, the KMT, People First Party (PFP), and the New Party, which comprise the pan-blue camp, failed to form the closer alliance many people had expected. On the contrary, PFP chairman James Soong first met with President Chen Shui-bian.
去年底立委選戰後，預期中的國民黨、親民黨及新黨等泛藍陣營的進一步整合並未成形，堅持「走自己的路」的親民黨主席宋楚瑜反倒先和陳總統會面。