From Ma's long-standing reputation as a mild, modest politician who emphasizes honesty in governance, he appears unlikely to be dictatorial or corrupt after taking power. But will he be able to reform the entrenched power of the KMT and rid it of the "black gold" and power politics of the past?
以馬英九個人長期以來謙沖溫和與強調清廉的從政風格來看，當選後應不致出現獨裁弄權或貪腐，但面對山頭林立的國民黨舊勢力，馬英九是否真能鐵腕改革，消弭過去的「黑金」與爭權奪利惡習？