Remember that Yvette was a coalition across those ideological lines, which was its potency. If one branch tries to seize control then things get ugly within and that potency is lost as progressive and a chunk of moderate women get turned off. Helps Payette. Lévesque isn't exactly a women's issues militant himself (Payette called him "un vrai macho" in private) but the MSM will gleefully seize the opportunity to tar Ryan with the Caouette brush.