The battle between these four "kings" of the political scene-Lee, Soong, Chen and Lien-is getting all the headlines. Meanwhile, it seems that the actual players in election, the more than 400 candidates for Legislative Yuan and more than 80 hopefuls for city mayor or county executive, are left playing second fiddle.
李、扁、連、宋四大天王的口水戰充塞媒體版面，至於選戰的主角──總計四百多位立委候選人和八十多位縣市長提名人，反倒像是無足輕重的配角。