2004年12月立委選舉後，泛藍在立院獲得「脆弱過半」席次，民進黨仍以立委席次最多之政黨，單獨籌組少數黨政府。有鑑於少數黨政府的施政困境，陳水扁總統釋出朝野和解善意。農曆春節後與親民黨主席宋楚瑜會面，對外發表十點聲明，雙方在意識型態上達成暫時和解，並準備在立法院形成國會聯盟，共同推動政策立法工作。究竟民親合作會不會走向執政聯盟或聯合政府？泛藍、泛綠的政黨勢力板塊，會不會因民親聯盟而有結構性改變？雙方的合作對年底縣市長選舉、2006年北高市長選舉及2008年的總統大選有何影響？值得觀察。

After President Chen's meeting with James Soong, chairman of the People First Party (PFP), will the rapprochement between the ruling party (Democratic Progressive Party, DPP) and the PFP spawn an alliance of policy cooperation in the Legislative Yuan? Will this cooperation facilitate the formation of a coalition government in the future? Does this alliance exacerbate the Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) and dissociate the Pan Greens? What kind of party realignment will be achieved through the DPP-PFP alliance? How will the 2005 magistrate election be influenced by this alliance? Will the DPP and the PFP cooperate with each other in supporting a certain candidate both in Taipei and Kaohsiung City mayor election in 2006? Finally, will this cooperation continue until the 2008 presidential election? All these questions go unanswered for time being and will come under serious scrutiny in Taiwan's future political developments.