With a legislative majority, President Chen Shui-bian's administration would no longer face obstruction of its program. However, though Chen had promised to attend the TSU initiation ceremony, he ultimately opted to send a congratulatory note instead.
然而，原本允諾出席台聯成立大會的陳水扁總統臨陣改以書面致賀，執政黨政府高層亦無一出席，隱隱透露出民進黨對這個「泛綠軍」新戰友深感疑懼。