Still no change

The latest talking point to attempt to distinguish Michael Ignatieff from his predecessor:

Ignatieff chief of staff Paul Zed says that his boss is trying to remove a lot of the "partisanship" from the Commons and focus on the facts. For example, Mr. Ignatieff praised Manitoba's NDP Premier Gary Doer in a speech last week in Winnipeg, saying, "Family and tribal allegiance doesn't prevent me from recognizing good leadership when I see it, and Gary Doer's done a good job in this province."

But there's just one tiny little problem with any attempt to claim that trying to ingratiate themselves with NDP premiers somehow represents a departure for the Libs:

Dion did say, however, that Manitoba NDP Premier Gary Doer and the party's former Saskatchewan premiers Roy Romanow and Calvert are "reasonable people."

So as with the strategy of propping up the Cons, the Libs' plan is to do exactly what failed miserably under Dion, while trying desperately to convince themselves and others that it represents a radical departure. And all in the hope that Ignatieff's sheer Igginess will overcome not only the reasons why the same plan failed miserably in 2008, but also the obvious self-delusion involved in the claim that anything has changed.