The forum approach is novel, but because everyone from the directors to the advisers in the TT are all personally close to Chen Shui-bian, the political coloration is very clear. Though just established, commentators are suspicious of the fact that its founding comes right after the legislative elections, with less than two years left in Chen's first term in office, when the run-up to the next presidential election is beginning.
論壇的做法新鮮，但因台灣智庫從董事到顧問，多為與陳水扁親近人士，色彩頗為鮮明，成立時機又選在立委選後、總統任期只剩兩年的連任衝刺期，才剛起步就備受外界質疑。