Yes, because as Mr. Milliken previously talked about, there has been a transformation of how parties choose their leaders. We used to have a more delegated convention model that was seen as the norm, and now we've graduated toward this more inclusive model where everybody in the party gets a say on some level. Some parties do it a bit differently, where the voters and the party members might choose delegates to go to a conference and it's like a hybrid model, but everybody gets some sort of input.
I think that's generally seen as a positive thing, that parties are democratizing. They're becoming more inclusive. They're giving members something to do. I think that a lot of party members probably really value their role in helping to select a party leader who they think is right.
So, yes, I think that party members at large would probably feel as though there's a bit of a power struggle now between them and the 40-some people or 140-some people who have to be caucus members. They might say, “Well, why do the caucus members get to remove our choice? Why do they get a veto over who our choice for leader is and then we have to choose someone else?”
Mr. Scott has pointed out that if a caucus strikes down one leader, there would be two leaders at one time. That is inadvisable. That's just bad. I don't know how that would be resolved or how any party would deal with that, but yes, this is definitely a serious issue.
Then you would have to think too about how leadership campaigns would be affected by this idea in the back of your mind that some day the caucus might remove me if I'm no longer of appeal to them, but the larger party has chosen me.