KMT "is expected to be dealt a thrashing in the presidential poll by the pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)
Hung Hsiu-chu's "stated intention of signing a peace treaty with China and appearing to move closer to Beijing's position of 'one China,' including Taiwan, has rubbed a lot of party cadres the wrong way. In short, KMT supporters are bailing out * * * [of] a party that numbered well over a million in 2000 but is now down to about 890,000, with only about a third of them active.