During the struggle in the KMT between the mainstream and the non-mainstream factions, Soong played a vital role in consolidating the position of President Lee Teng-hui. In clearing out many obstacles on behalf of Lee, he incurred the wrath of many party elders, who considered him to be Lee's "running dog."
在國民黨主流非主流政爭期間，為了鞏固李登輝總統的地位，「宋楚瑜就像幫劉邦打天下的趙子龍，是靈活、厲害的白袍小將」，郭淑敏說，他一馬當先為李登輝總統掃除障礙，卻也造成某些黨國大老對他不滿，認為他是李登輝的走狗。