Angry in the Great White North

Garth Turner did it.

Anita Neville did it.

And now Liberal Party candidate Marc Godbout is doing it.

He's altered his campaign message, dumping Stephane Dion, the Green Shift, everything related to the national Liberal Party campaign, and running the last leg of his campaign to be re-elected in Ottawa-Orleans on the basis of his work as a local MP.

Check out his old election sign:

See the big blank spot just above and to the right of his name?

Apparently the signs are being altered, in situ, in the riding.  Here is a picture of one of the altered signs:

A new panel is being attached to the signs. 

Be Vocal.  Vote Local.

That is a new slogan.  Note that the slogan had to be retrofitted with a chunk of the new slogan's panel removed so that it doesn't hide Godbout's name.  Clearly a retrofit.

The slogan has an unmistakable spin.  People who might vote Liberal should not think about Stephane Dion or the rest of the national team.  They're irrelevant.  They won't be around by Halloween.  So if a voter is thinking of not voting Liberal because of Stephane Dion, think again, because he won't be a problem for much longer.

Vote locally.  I wonder if the Liberal war room has approved this new messaging.