Interesting times in Taiwan. Democracy hangs by a thread; the President shot, but some claim he arranged it himself; the Presidential election ends in a near dead heat with only .2% more votes for the incumbent; a referendum that was seriously annoying to Taiwan's pre-superpower neighbor fails despite 92% of the people voting 'yes'.
In a really good article, John Tkacik Jr. explains why he is disillusioned with the whole spectacle. He blames the Nationalist Party (KMT) for this mess.
Meanwhile, Kathleen McLaughlin in the SF Chronicle, sees the lost referendum as another small step on the road to complete independence, despite the "defeat" (the referendum needed more than 50% of the electorate to vote for it to pass).
