President Chen of the DPP, playing on his strong incumbent position, is touring the country to stump for party nominees. Meanwhile, Lien Chan, chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT), who has always been considered rather taciturn, is garnering much attention with his feisty rhetoric.
民進黨陳水扁以總統之尊，全省巡迴助陣，國民黨主席連戰也一改拘謹的個性，以連番麻辣言詞大出鋒頭。