As for your thinking about Turnbull being the Labor leader that was lost - I think you are correct on that. Although his propensity to be a Disallowed salesman and all round disingenuous condescending twat would have likely turned Labor diehards off after a short time as was the case with the LNP.
Besides Shorten and knife weilding factionistas were about, ready to undermine. It would have been popular to undermine Turnbull -even for the plebs. He has a special kind of corporate style arrogance that people like to correct for such people abc give them a taste of their own.
