Lai later clarified that the TSU has been gradually putting the independence vs. reunification debate behind it and has now taken a center-left path that focuses on caring for the needs of the underprivileged, and that this is quite compatible with Ma Ying-jeou's "no reunification, no independence, no war" and Taiwan-centric stance, whereby the president puts top priority on safeguarding the interests of the people.
但其後賴幸媛澄清，台聯近來已逐漸超越統獨爭議，改走以照顧弱勢為主的「中間偏左」路線，這和馬英九總統一再揭櫫的「不統、不獨、不武」，以台灣為主體、確保民眾利益的施政理念並無二致。