2008-jun-20 09:30PST: Reference number 197
Finally this is a reasonable question. In the past, Yue-bing had used a simple but effective tactic to gain a group of 'supporters' during prior bunny caucuses.
Yue-bing was dutifully given a number of carrots per day by Vincent, and while she would eat them occasionally, most of them she saved. When she had accumulated a number of carrots, typically several, she would give the carrots to one of her supporters who would then attempt to bribe a pig into supporting her in exchange for the carrots. Most pigs would accept this offer on the spot, causing her base of supporters to grow to levels where she could dominate the caucus with their sheer numbers.
This tactic developed problems in early 2008.
1) Jojo had his own tight network of supporters, and often held meetings where their concerns were to be discussed with him. One night, several of his supporters aired concerns about bribes and revealed they had been asked to vote for Yue-bing in exchange for several carrots. Now pigs are typically given carrots once a day, if that. So the temptation of having several carrots is so great that most pigs would simply accept that offer on the spot. Jojo didn't get angry, he was quoted as saying "Seven carrots in a day is great, but a carrot a day is also great. Rather than choose, take them both." In short, Jojo was running on a carrot-a-day platform and he was telling his supporters to take the bribe if it it was offered to them, but on caucus day ignore the bribe and vote for him anyways.
2) Later in the run-up to the early 2008 caucus, several member of Yue-bing's inner circle were either incapacitated or 'otherwise involved'. She was often forced to rely on Barney, who was among the most flaky of her supporters and he would often lie to her, saying he used the carrots to bribe a pig while in reality eating them all himself. She was fooled so completely by this ruse that many of her attempts to bribe pigs never actually happened.
This caused a near-total breakdown of the tactic in early 2008, basically causing her to drop out of the political scene altogether and even her position as Shinsen's mascot was replaced by Tuan Tuan.