[CaptainCrunch]

I think this is a good first step for the Liberal's, however their problems go so much deeper then just their leadership.

1) They've really lost touch with their core voters, in fact I think that they took their voters for granted and weren't responsive to them at all, and threw in goofy platform promises etc that alienated the votes that they were willing to guarantee. I think that the Liberals like the Japanese in WWII had victory fever, they believed that their loss to the Conservatives in the last election was an aberration and that they were still the natural ruling party of Canada and they would get votes no matter what they said or did.

2) The Liberal's are broke, and their leadership Canadiates are having money problem. There were rumors in the news on the weekend that the Liberal leadership was exploring the option of declaring bankruptsy. It doesn't help that Jean Chretien changed the rules of fundraising, and on top of that donations from the average folk were not as forth coming. The Liberals also lost approx 1.8 million dollars in federal money due to their poor election performance. Before the Liberal's can even think of toppling the government they need to do some serious fundraising.

3) The leadership convention is going to tear the Liberals apart in terms of internal support, we're already seeing some of that as different factions are pushing for different interim leaders, this is a party thats bitter about its performance in the election, red faced over the results and they're starting to fight.

4) There's always a chance that they could screw up on the new leader like they did last time. This time around there really are three candidates, ignatieff (sp?) whose problem is that he's a little too right wing for the Liberal image, McKenna who to me would be the obvious choice, and Bob Rae who to me would destroy the Libs in Ontario and in the West completely. To me if there is any kind of vote splitting and deal making again, someone like Rae could come in and finish the job.

To me the Liberal's should do whatever they can to delay anykind of fall of the government no matter how much it hurts their pride. They need to make sure that they get a consensus on the leader that heals the frifts in their party, rebrand themselves and decide if they're a centrist party or a left or center party, reconnect with their core support, and fund raise like crazy.

But does a leader solves the Liberal's woes? Not even close.