So really, a chancellor is already finished when he has to blackmail his own party to push through his ideas against the base.
Which raises the question of what should actually determine a party's culture: clinging to the power of the chancellor and his direct supporters, or the opinion and wishes of the base. Yes, I know the chancellor's answer to that. On this point, he's no different from his portly predecessor ...
But if you want to experience something truly undemocratic, you just have to look at the internal structures of unions or parties.
I found the original article at RP Online: Politik.