[JohnnyZ]

rival candidate Lien Chan's challenge appears to be sputtering, and people who were once in the streets yelling are now yawning.

[JohnnyZ]

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[tallhappy]

and people who were once in the streets yelling are now yawning.

The money budgeted for the demonstrations ran out. It costs a lot to charter buses for 100's of thousands of people and to provide food and drink for them.

There was a funny web page by a Taiwanese student about their trip to the demo and their free snacks once there -- all paid for by the KMT coffers.