As the most prominent women's rights advocate in Taiwan, and as the bearer of advance warning about the coming diplomatic rupture, candidate Lu made national news.
她在七八年中提早回台參加選舉，夾著婦運第一人的高知名度和警示中美即將斷交的訊息，呂秀蓮的參選國代成了全國性的新聞。