Despite their distancing themselves from the DPP, new party chairperson Tsai Ying-wen, faced with a disgraceful conclusion to the Chen Shui-bian era, has found that the biggest political problems on her plate are how to encourage supporters to return and how to rebuild the DPP's ideals and anti-corruption image.
民進黨新任主席蔡英文面對「陳水扁時代」不風光的落幕，雖因陳水扁、吳淑珍已自行宣佈「退黨」而有所切割，但如何重新召喚支持者、重建民進黨的理想性與清廉形象，是她的一大政治難題。