Attacks on Dion stripped down

This is a good thing for the nature of the debate -- on the other hand it may reflect newfound confidence?

CTV Parliamentary Correspondent Graham Richardson reported Friday that the Tory war room confirmed taking a fresh look at the site and making changes.

An option to make your own Dion "inaction figure," a "street-debate" feature, an excuse generator, policy slot machine and an option to create your own Dion ad, have all been removed.
That followed the removal of another controversial feature of the site earlier in the week -- a puffin that flew across the screen, pooping on Dion's shoulder. The controversy was quickly dubbed "Puffingate."

Then on Thursday, Conservative communications director Ryan Sparrow was suspended for comments he made about a grieving father whose son was killed in Afghanistan.
Jim Davis, father of slain soldier Cpl. Paul Davis, old CTV's Canada AM that a pledge by Harper to pull out of Afghanistan by 2011 was "irresponsible."

Sparrow then suggested in an email to CTV News that Davis was a Liberal supporter, inferring his political affiliation could be his motivation for the critical comments.

He was quickly suspended from the campaign, and Conservative Leader Stephen Harper said the email was "inappropriate" as it questioned "the motivation of a father of a deceased Canadian soldier."