[CaptainCrunch]

I'm fine with it, I knew it was going to happen, but I honestly thought that the Liberal's would stay away from the vote enmass as a strong protest.

When the Conservatives abstained against Martin's budget, it was seen as a delaying tactic since the Conservatives were not ready for an election, but it wasn't seen as the move of a weak leader.

With Dion, because of all of the issues going back to the leadership of its party, and the fact that he's allowed himself to be played and abused by harper, it is a huge sign of weakness because he's opened the door for Harper to strip him of his platform in any upcoming election due to forcing Dion to support his platform through the use of the confidence votes.

Eventually, Dion is going to have to swallow his pride, trigger an election and take his beating like a man.

The Liberal Party is in dire straits, and will remain that way for quite a while. I don't think they'll plummet as far as the Conservatives did with Kim Campbell though.