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...This has become a hot topic in Taiwan because Ma is one of the island's most popular politicians, thanks to his movie star looks and squeaky clean image. What's more, he's a member of the Kuomintang Party (KMT), which ruled Taiwan for 51 years before being voted out of power two years back. The current thinking is that Ma could present a strong challenge to President Chen Shui-bian, possibly heralding the return of the KMT. That would be an epochal event for the island's nascent, ever-evolving democracy, signaling either a revival of the cash...
...youthful 52, is coy about his plans, and he's got some limbering up to do within his party before he can think of a run. KMT Chair-man Lien Chan stood for election in 2000 and did badly, scoring 23% of the vote, but he might run again. KMT defector James Soong also has presidential ambitions, and he nearly beat Chen in 2000 as a third-party candidate. If Soong runs, Ma's support would be split. "If there are two sets of can-didates," Ma tells TIME, "we will only repeat the defeat of two years...
Before the election, a number of experts confirmed Ma’s potential as a presidential candidate who could run with either of two parties, his own Kuomintang (KMT), or Nationalist Party, and the ideologically similar People First Party...
...race is also crucial for the KMT, which was the ruling party until the 2000 presidential election...
...KMT loses the Taipei mayoral race, they lose all Taiwan,” said Chen, a fellow at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. “This is the last bastion for KMT to fight...