..what did they say? Well here in Taiwan with four seats up for grabs in the National Assembly the DPP got 3 while the ruling KMT only got 1. The DPP are claiming this as a mandate”
Su Chia-chuan, said the results were a demonstration of voters’ trust in the opposition party.
Well maybe or at least partly. I feel more strongly it is a trend which is due probably more to the immediacy of mass communications via the Internet than political strategy superiority of a given party or candidate. We live in the era of what I like to call “mayfly politics.” Where you win your election and need to hit the ground with your feet running as fast as a broadband connection. The stop watch starts ticking the moment you win and the people don’t have patience for anything anymore. So if you can’t maintain whatever spin, or momentum, or charm that got you elected you will be replaced by the other guys just like with the Democrats losing a seat that was fixed in granite it was so secure: Ted Kennedy’s to Scott Brown.
Who knows maybe what the people of Taiwan will get is something better than what they were offered. Sadly, I feel what the Internet makes ever clearer everyone is playing the same old game and money is hard to beat anywhere.
