Why wait?
Premier Ralph Klein of Alberta, probably the most successful politician in Canadian history, has announced that he will submit his letter of resignation in September.
The question is, why wait so long? If he knows he is going to retire, then why mess around with this extended lame-duckness? This is the same reason that he got only 55% support from the Alberta Progressive Conservatives at the leadership review; the extended farewell cost him support, as everyone has known since the last election that he was a lame duck.
What possible purpose could it serve to drag this out? He should submit his letter of resignation today, not say that he will resign six months from now. He's got nothing left to do in Alberta politics, he's run out of ideas, he's lost the fire in the belly.
Premier Klein, resign now. Let the PC party pick a new leader over the next two months. Dragging this out for another six months just means infighting within the caucus as leadership hopefuls jockey for position in an unofficial race well in advance of the actual leadership race. I cannot see that any good can come from an extended farewell.
If you're going to go, then go. Shit or get off the pot.
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