The Kuomintang recruited Ke Zhien to run for Kaohsiung mayor.
Many people are paying attention to this election in Kaohsiung because of the miraculous "Korean Wave" in 2018. In Kaohsiung, where the so-called "everything you dig is green soil," Han Guoyu fought a refreshing battle and successfully overthrew the Democratic Progressive Party. Although he was dismissed by the Green Camp shortly after and made a comeback, the myth of the Green Camp's invincibility has been broken.
Every four years comes around, and now the Kaohsiung mayoral election is here again. This time, the Kuomintang once again used airborne means to nominate Ke Zhien to run south. Speaking of Ke Zhien, I am afraid that many people only know the title of "Executive Director of the Kuomintang Think Tank" and have no idea what it means. In fact, we are not the only ones who are like this. It is said that most Kaohsiung people are also confused, and even many voters in the blue camp don’t even know whether she is a boy or a girl. This is not surprising. Except for serving as the Kuomintang's non-districting democratic representative from 2016 to 2020, Ke Zhien has basically taught in universities before and after. His few political experiences, whether he was a non-districting democratic representative or the CEO of a think tank, he had little exposure to human fireworks. , is very unfamiliar to the outside world. This is considered by many to be the Achilles' heel of the Kuomintang's war in Kaohsiung this time.
But I don’t think so. Because for the Kuomintang, there are too many Achilles’ heel in this election campaign in Kaohsiung, and the candidates’ own shortcomings don’t even matter. Ke Zhien said before he was nominated that no one in the Kuomintang could replicate the whirlwind that Han Kuo-yu blew in 2018 and could not compare with him. This is the truth.
Many people think that the battle four years ago was the result of Han Kuo-yu's sudden strength bursting under all kinds of unfavorable circumstances. In fact, this is not the case. It is indeed difficult to describe the situation at that time, but secretly there are actually many advantages. For example, the DPP extremely underestimates the enemy and thinks that any dog can win; for example, no one in the Kuomintang dares to elect, and Han Kuo-yu does not have fierce competition; for example, the local bosses in Kaohsiung Unprecedented unity, the person selected by Wu Dunyi received strong support from Wang Jinping . White faction leader Xiao Hanjun personally organized the campaign, and the late former Kaohsiung City Speaker Xu Kunyuan devoted all his resources at that time. With these big guys paddling together under the water, Han Kuo-yu has the opportunity to use grassroots and common people style to quickly set off the "Korean Wave", breaking the myth of the DPP's 20 consecutive years of "governing" in one fell swoop. The miracle that
can be copied is no longer a miracle. Han Guoyu had the right time, place and people, but it is almost impossible for Ke Zhien to replicate it now. The Kuomintang is fighting in Kaohsiung again this year, but it has delayed its nomination until now. It still uses the controversial poll method to select Ke Zhien from seven candidates. There is constant noise within the party, and has already shown its dim hope of winning this election. When the poll expanded to 7 people, it showed that there was no basic consensus either within the party or at the local level. It did not mean that there were too many talents, but that there were no real available people. Some of the candidates are either hesitant and unwilling to serve as cannon fodder in difficult constituencies, or they want to use this election to upgrade the political stage and advertise and warm up voters for next year.
Of course, by nominating Ke Zhien, the Kuomintang has finally taken a key step in starting the election campaign. There are still about a hundred days left in the election. If the Kuomintang cannot find a "hen" to take the lead, not only will the mayor of Kaohsiung be out of the question, but they will not even have to elect members. What is commendable about Ke Zhien is that he has the courageous style of most KMT female generals. "As soon as he is recruited, he will be deployed in Kaohsiung within 24 hours and prepare for battle." Hesitant like a male general, mother-in-law and mother-in-law.
The Kaohsiung Kuomintang members have a relatively high degree of recognition for the "hen" Ke, especially Ye Kuangshi, a member of the former mayor's team of Han Kuo-yu, who has a close personal relationship with Ke Zhien and has agreed to assist in the election. He also said Li Sichuan, the former deputy mayor of Kaohsiung with good political achievements and a popular candidate for mayor of Kaohsiung, will also take action at that time.
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For the Kuomintang, nominating Ke Zhien, even if it cannot be elected as mayor, it will be considered a victory if it can cultivate one more Kaohsiung democratic representative next year.According to earlier Taiwanese media reports, as Ke Zhien said publicly, those who go to difficult constituencies in the south must have willpower and be willing to stay and operate for a long time. They cannot come down during the election and leave immediately after the election.
To put it bluntly, the Kuomintang has left too big a hole in southern Taiwan over the years. Stop fantasizing about "Korean Wave 2.0". Lower your expectations first and start filling the hole from scratch.
