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Wed 07 Jul 2007Parlon exit leaves PDs' rebuilding in a parlous positionWith Tom Parlon's exit, it is questionable whether the Progressive Democrats can survive, writes Stephen Collins, Political EditorThe decision by Tom Parlon to opt out of politics could not have come at a worse time for the Progressive Democrats. The fact that the party president has walked away from the prospect of being a senator and the likely next leader of the PDs, for a job in the private sector, is a depressing commentary on the future.