His candidacy very nearly perished when the three persons he had in mind for vice presidential running mate-Sisy Chen, Lee Ching-hua, and Chang Lin-cheng-were unable to answer his call. In the end, New Party legislator Elmer Fung came forward to offer himself as a candidate.
由於他屬意的三位副手人選陳文茜、李慶華和張麟徵都因現實因素無法出線，最後在幾乎「破局」的情況下，由新黨立委馮滬祥毛遂自薦、陣前請纓，總算敲定了「李馮配」，成為大選的第五組候選人。