The shock did not come from the announcement on the 10th by Democratic Progressive Party candidate Chen Shui-bian that his running mate would be Annette Lu (this was expected), but rather from revelations about mystery funds which embroiled independent candidate James Soong.
眾所矚目的總統大選選情在去年十二月發生出乎意料的變化，影響情勢的不是民進黨候選人陳水扁在十日正式公佈呂秀蓮為競選搭檔，而是獨立總統參選人宋楚瑜親人戶頭的大筆資金進出。