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| | The kinder, gentler Ralph Klein To many, he's Mr. Right Wing, but those who knew him before he got into politics insist ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) |
 | | As a reporter with CFCN-TV, he began to cover city hall not long after Rod Sykes, later the midwife to his political career, had become mayor using a populist message to reach blue-collar and immigrant voters. |
 | | Sykes, the first Klein campaign was victorious, and the dropout-turned-muckraker had found a professional that really suited him. |
 | | Now, in the course of what is almost certainly the last Klein campaign, there has been growing speculation that, after 24 years as mayor of Calgary, a provincial cabinet minister and, since 1992, Premier, he has lost the everyman touch that has been the key to his success. |
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