While much of the credit for the weakening of these so-called "black gold" forces goes to the DPP's efforts as ruling party to eradicate their influence, some is also due to the KMT's desire to dispel its image as a "black gold party" in the wake of its painful defeat in the presidential contest a year-and-a-half ago.
黑金縮手，除了執政黨銳意掃蕩外，上次痛失總統寶座的國民黨力求洗除「黑金政黨」污名，也是原因之一。