Before the call, there were the signs

The election campaign of 2004 was a much anticipated affair and had many hints provided prior to the writ. We tracked as many as we could before the Prime Minister mad his memorable visit to the Governor General, sending us to the polls. Here to get a feel of why Paul Martin sent us to work when he did, is the list of links prior to the call.

Bad Boys, Bad Boys whatcha gonna do
Exact fare when boarding the bus please
Naming the Names
Green is the colour, winning is the game
All Paul, all the time
Harper, Martin toe to toe in the Commons
Waiting on Chuckie!
There's a riding in Washington?
The missing message in Quebec
Paulie's down with the youth
Booking the bodyguards
Stephen and Elsie go shopping for votes
No more Mr. Nice Guy
Smilin' Jack's words to live by
Fragile coat tails
The closing window of opportunity
He won't go til Quebec says OuiWhat's your hurry?
Harper rides a wave
Blind to the PM's vision
Smilin' Jack is nicely positioned
Martin dodges a date
Sharing the Gas Tax
Testing the waters of Quebec
Ornery Ontarions
A prescription for a successful election
Harper to be the Liberal pinata?
Campaign college photo day
Harper flattered at portrayal
Dinner and a chat and maybe an electon dance
Some say yes, some say no, everyone wonders when Paul will go!
Everything old is new again
Damn the polls, we smell a majority!
Stalling numbers put Liberals in minority danger
Set to go June 14?
Devil in a suit
PM the PM's ever decreasing poll numbers
Pit bull Joe bites again
A new day, a new poll, PM is on a roll
Decisions, Decisions, time for Paul to make a decision
Pierre's health plan, a key to election
Accounting for the Hockey factor
No lift in this campaign
Pass the ammunition
An electoral juggernaut
Liberal's could gain a majority
Strike while the iron is hot
Liberals to stress Martinmania
The Devil courst Quebec
Harper holds kind thought of Quebec breakthrough
Liberal support soft
Getting everyone to sing from the same hymnsheet
Smilin Jack's GST relief plans
Manley observes and snipes from the sidelines
Martin's handlers fumbling the Quebec agenda
Harper looks to ADQ to help out too!
Martin courts the sick and the lame
PM the PM hints that we can vote before we fix health care
Don't vote on an empty stomach
An election for those with a strong constitution
Feeding the media beast, Liberal attack ads are ready
RED(faced) Ed, finds that support is not an endorsement
Painting Mr. Harper's portrait
Do they call it the Blue Book
Tories contemplate the transition team
Preparing to talk the talk
Circle June 28th on the calendar
Everyone old is new again
Double Dipping on the way to Ottawa
Donald S. Cherry stays on the bench
Spending our way to the polls
Paul Martin's historic election
Things improving for a Liberal majority
Grant Devine rides again
A seat opens up in the fine Canadian tradition
Democratic deficit revisited: The west's chosen ones
Some Liberals concerned about anticipated media campaign
Life on the fringe as we sit on the cusp
Shameless Demagogy
Layton does some math
Shell Game! Liberals into recycling
Fisher calls for a cliff hanger
Shoring up the East coast vote
Harper's career at risk with upcoming vote
Chantal opines: do or die for the NDP
Power couple in waiting
Health care poker
An issueless campaign
Tools down and signs up after Adscam shutdown
Old Habits, tried and true
Heading for the war rooms
Going Negative or going home
Hedy Fry's nominating troubles
Edging closer to voting day
Second thoughts about attacking Stephen
Cherry's kind of guy
Why are they being so rude
Dryden to make one more save
Harper targets the aging baby boomer
Tories won't be boyscouts if provoked
Abandoned at the nomination door
Cutting fat and eliminating taxes with Harper
Libs to be crushed in Quebec
Supreme Court to rule on how big a wallet can be used
Libs suggest that Bloc support on verge of collapse
Chretien braintrust to sit out this election
Defining the democratic deficit BC style
BC dream team not winning many kudos
Winnipeg wins largesse, Libs hope for votes
Martin to Quebec "I need you"
Star candidates have Liberals seeing red
Dryden jumps onside
Libs play catch up on gas ideas
The candidate from hockey's groundwork
Silence of the Lambs?
Free speech? Or Free spending
Cyberspace electoral warfare
The constituency friendliness of Stephen Harper
All revved up and waiting to go
Libs see the bogeyman and his name is Stephen
Slip Slidin' away
Martin keeps his head above the waterfront
Reg delivers to his prairie cousins
Joe Clark shills for Libs
Left Hand, meet the Right Hand, just what are you doing?
Greens court the disenchanted
Rising gas prices, recipe for electoral disaster
Dalton costs Paul votes
Scheduling problems causing Liberal stress
Your vote counts, multiplies and subsidizes
Will it be a minority opinion?
Fumbling the health care agenda
To the polls we go