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Team Ignatieff has just announced its new slogan: "We can do better."

That's an interesting choice of phrase, as a review of documents available via the University of California, Santa Barbara's American Presidency Project reveals."We can do better" is a slogan with more than a little history behind it in U.S. politics. Barack Obama used it a few times as a candidate (though not as often as his signature "Yes We Can"), but he was hardly the first American politician to invoke it.

Mr. Ignatieff is hoping the slogan can transcend political borders, and work a little magic in Canada too. He's also risking questions about his eagerness to equate himself with American presidents and presidential aspirants. For a man who has been criticized for identifying himself as an American, co-opting a slogan used by four Democratic candidates could be seen as a bit tone-deaf. Especially for a party that delights in denouncing anything it deems "U.S.-style" in nature.

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