A better than expected showing for Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian scandal-tainted party in weekend mayoral elections has given it new hope for the presidential race in 2008 and taken some pressure off it to reform, analysts said. The Kuomintang (KMT), or Nationalist Party, had hoped to capitalize on the corruption scandal swirling around Chen to dislodge the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) from its traditional stronghold in southern Taiwan. Full Story