Your new cooperative politics at work

Yessiree, Michael Ignatieff sure is showing them how it's done when it comes to a more positive and respectful brand of politics rather than an insular, party-only focus:

As for the Liberal-NDP-Bloc coalition of late last year, Ignatieff has said that's off the table.

In fact, he says he has not spoken to Layton and Duceppe about the fall session and has no plans to.

Which, for those playing along at home, means that Ignatieff has declared his intention to reflexively vote against the government in Parliament - but also to refuse to work with the other opposition parties to actually mount any effective challenges to that government. So what exactly do the Libs expect to accomplish on Parliament Hill that couldn't be done equally well by cardboard cutouts?