The people in the party wanted to give him a graceful exit and he wouldn't let them.

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The most likely outcome is that he will step down a heck of a lot earlier. The fall would be the most likely compromise.

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This is the one that accepts the message. It switches off a civil war and it gives the party the summer to get over what they have just gone through.

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Ralph Klein is a damaged politician. His one stock in trade was that the people loved him and the party was solidly behind him; that he was Mr. Teflon and he couldn't be touched. That's clearly over now.

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