Shensanity 沈來瘋：Puma Shen might unseat incumbent Taipei mayor Chiang

Puma Shen is the DPP Taipei mayoral candidate.  He launched his campaign four months ago. Shen is regarded as one of the smartest lawmakers in the Legislative Yuan and well-known for his expertise in Cognitive Warfare (認知作戰) in the academic world。 At the beginning of campaign, Chen was 28% behind Chiang Wan-an in some poll.  However, he assembled a group of talented people to join his campaign.  So far Shen did an amazing job and has done well at keeping himself in the spotlight.  Now some polling showed that the difference in supporting has dropped to single digit. In order to gain more support, Shen walked to the parks and the markets to greet elder people and housewives in the morning.  He also walked into the night markets to meet young people.  He drew huge crowd when he showed up.  Usually, he has to spent 3 to 4 hours to finish shaking hands, taking photos, signing names etc.  Puma’s ability to attract fans was unseen in the past.  Some political observers even said it looks like an ocean current 洋流. Maybe it is more appropriate to call this type of campaign phenomenon as “Shensanity”.

For those NBA fans, Linsanity 林來瘋 is a cultural and sports phenomenon in 2012.  This is the sudden, electric rise of Jeremy Lin to basketball stardom with the NBA’ New York Knicks.  There are many Ways to picture Linsanity, such as Linsanity is when something really human happens in a previously very fabricated set of circumstances; Linsanity is unexpected human triumph; Linsanity is being crazy enough to take the opportunity in front of you. In the case of Shen’s campaign, it is a political campaign phenomenon. If ocean current is continuously pounding Chiang’s supporters, it might drawn Chiang too.