Labour won in 2006, but may be vulnerable to a less fragmented opposition in future elections.
But the fragmented opposition, especially after the entrance of the Sweden Democrats in parliament, the government could continue.
Could he now unite a fragmented opposition and ride the wave of protest to the very top?
And the fragmented opposition had united behind the labor leader Vladimir Goncharik.
That would at least give the fragmented opposition a chance to survive.
But Iraq's fragmented opposition has no realistic chance of ousting him.
It authorizes the President, but does not require him, to give guns, money and political support to the fragmented Iraqi opposition.
Though seen as weak, he has stood unchallenged against a fragmented opposition made up of intellectuals, Islamists and businessmen.
Some members of the country's fragmented and timid political opposition have raised their voices to call for his removal.
As a result of the fragmented primary opposition, McKinney won just enough votes to avoid a runoff.