Hsiao was urged by his friend, legislator Hwang Tse-ching, to get out of electoral politics because of the increasing influx of financially well-backed candidates.
不過，蕭天讚的好朋友、也是立委的黃澤青卻十分支持他往黨部發展。黃澤青認為，蕭天讚是屬於「阮囊羞澀型」的立委，而選舉沒有錢就好比打仗沒有軍火；近年來又有許多「金牛級」的人投入選戰，如果蕭天讚繼續參選，後果難料。