Daniel Andrews decision to quit is a sign of how tough leadership is. 

The Victoria Premier steps down today, just months after pulling the state out of hosting the Commonwealth Games.  

Andrews is Victoria's longest-serving Labor Premier, with nine years in the job and leading his party through three election wins.  

A replacement will be picked today.  

Channel 9 Political Editor, Charles Croucher, told Mike Hosking that it came completely out of the blue. 

He says Daniel Andrews simply announced he'd had enough, which shows how taxing being a leader can be in this day and age. 

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