Election entrails

We tidy up the loose ends, sweep up the confetti and help take down those campaign signs (get busy you Sharon Smith and Nathan Cullen teams) as we archive some of the analysis and newsworthy items from the days after Election 2008.

Globe and Mail

Oct 18-- Quebeckers' mental Bloc
Oct 18-- Sarkozy's Quebec comments being twisted, French diplomat says
Oct 18-- Poorer Francophonie nations worry: What about us?
Oct 18-- Peace activists demand Canada leave Afghanistan
Oct 17-- A new U.S. president, a new role for Emerson?
Oct 17-- Key Liberals send out feelers for Dion's job
Oct 17-- The future of the Liberal Party
Oct 17-- Harper changes tone on running deficit
Oct 17-- Sarkozy blesses idea of Canadian unity
Oct 17-- Mr. Dion, buried alive
Oct 17-- Campaign endnotes: Tory gains, NDP pains
Oct 17-- Charest's disapproval leaves ‘scars' on Tories
Oct 17-- Living in fear of a deficit
Oct 16-- Dion ignored advisers' advice, preferring to act as 'a lone wolf'
Oct 16-- Edmonton Tory concedes narrow election night win to NDP
Oct 16-- Ottawa on track for deficits: TD
Oct 16-- Time to shed some baggage
Oct 16-- You told Harper
Oct 16-- En Francais
Oct 16-- May fends off calls for her resignation
Oct 16-- Charest rules out snap fall election
Oct 16-- As economy pales, PM's riding remains true blue
Oct 16-- Liberals, provinces slam Tory plans for Senate
Oct 16-- Recount ordered in Vancouver South
Oct 16-- Arbour not interested in Liberal job
Oct 16-- The strength it takes to just sit there
Oct 16-- Mr. Harper's Canada
Oct 16-- There is life after leader
Oct 16-- The campaigning is over: Let the governing begin
Oct 16-- Liberals deny Dion quitting today
Oct 15-- Leadership is the least of the Liberals' problems
Oct 15-- 21st-century Canada, home of 19th-century democracy
Oct 15-- Advice to the vote-shorn
Oct 15-- Blue tide surges over the plains
Oct 15-- PM prepared to stack Senate so Tories can make changes
Oct 15-- NDP victory spoils Tory sweep in Alberta
Oct 15-- Lessons learned from election night
Oct 15-- Hopes high for rookie Tory MPs in B.C.
Oct 15-- Liberals fail to push voters to the polls
Oct 15-- Harper sets out economic plan
Oct 15-- Opportunity knocks for Ontario
Oct 15-- Dosanjh finds many targets for his anger after Liberals suffer drubbing at polls
Oct 15-- Localized base means tougher fight for party to paint Canada red
Oct 15-- Knives come out swiftly for Dion
Oct 15-- No big gains in Parliament for women
Oct 15-- Not quite a green machine

National Post

Oct 18-- R.I.P. Green Shift, a noble idea, badly sold
Oct 18-- Liberals should remove Dion quickly, replace him slowly
Oct 18-- Former Green deputy leader quits party, disillusioned with May
Oct 18-- Stephen Harper avoids his iceberg
Oct 18-- Liberal leadership contenders: Frank, Manley and some other adjectives
Oct 18-- Harper's future is an opportunity waiting to be grasped
Oct 17-- Dion to hold Monday news conference as calls for resignation mount
Oct 17-- For the Liberals, a chance for renewal
Oct 16-- Grim forecasts pile pressure on Ottawa
Oct 16-- Flaherty to keep finance helm: official
Oct 16-- Ottawa should backstop interbank loans, CD Howe says
Oct 16-- Canada can’t avoid recession or deficit, Cooper warns
Oct 16-- Former MP Jaffer marries fellow Tory
Oct 16-- Recount ordered in former B.C. premier's riding
Oct 16-- Daily Show: Canuck the Vote
Oct 16-- Liberals urged to give Dion time to decide future after painful loss
Oct 16-- Dion's stubbornness only hurting the Liberals
Oct 16-- Duceppe celebrates escape from Elba
Oct 16-- Did the Liberals say bye to the Green Shift already?
Oct 16-- Canadians already forgetting Dion
Oct 16-- Eight lessons learned from Oct. 14
Oct 16-- Charest a big help during election: Bloc MP
Oct 15-- The voters have spoken: Play nice or else
Oct 15-- After a weak election, Liberals in denial
Oct 15-- Quebec rejects federalist overtures again
Oct 15-- Election 2008 records lowest voter turnout in history
Oct 15-- Harper's second minority suits the national mood
Oct 15-- Harper wins an opportunity for real conservatism
Oct 15-- Harper's minority, the new majority
Oct 15-- Harper's 'failure' is made up of 80% success
Oct 15-- Dion refuses to acknowledge inevitable
Oct 15-- Economy No. 1 priority, says Harper
Oct 14-- Unite the left -- a nightmare scenario blocked by ego
Oct 14-- Tories get another minority, but a stronger one

Toronto Star

Oct 19-- Dion and Harper: No comparison
Oct 18-- Balanced budget no longer tenable
Oct 18-- Sarkozy gets it right
Oct 18-- Stephen Harper, meet R.B. Bennett
Oct 18-- Only re-energized crew can bail out sinking Liberal ship
Oct 18-- Campaign over, reality intrudes
Oct 17-- Centre is the battlefield for next vote
Oct 17-- A link with Europe?
Oct 17-- A little passion might have helped voter turnout
Oct 16-- May calls for a cross-party coalition
Oct 16-- Harper scrambles as economy fades
Oct 16-- Dion silent on future
Oct 16-- Dion had 'no coherent policies' for province
Oct 16-- Liberal support slides in the 905
Oct 16-- Volpe calls on Dion to step aside
Oct 16-- Recount in B.C. riding won by Liberal Dosanjh
Oct 16-- Edmonton Tory Jaffer concedes to NDP candidate
Oct 16-- A bad night for all party leaders
Oct 16-- Liberal problems extend far beyond Dion's leadership
Oct 16-- Biggest challenge is democratic deficit
Oct 16-- Quebec separates without separating
Oct 16-- Tory blue or Liberal, let's lobby
Oct 16-- Pollster bragging rights
Oct 16-- Layton gives notice he'll reapply for country's top job
Oct 16-- Voters keep Tories on short leash
Oct 16-- Who's running for the Liberal leadership?
Oct 16-- Nail-biting races go right to the wire
Oct 15-- Fairness: A slogan for all seasons
Oct 15-- Duceppe defends Bloc's importance as popular vote slides
Oct 15-- Glum Dion returns to Ottawa
Oct 15-- Majority slips from Harper's grasp
Oct 15-- B.C. premier blames separatists for minority
Oct 15-- Suzuki fears environmental inaction after election
Oct 15-- Liberal decline means $1.6M loss in subsidy
Oct 15-- Advocates aim to get more women in cabinet
Oct 15-- Activists praying hard work has paid off
Oct 15-- Conservatives wiped out in Newfoundland
Oct 15-- Now we'll find out PM's plan
Oct 15-- May vows to stay on as Green leader
Oct 15-- The campaign's unexpected twist
Oct 15-- Few urban advances for Conservatives
Oct 15-- Minority can spring surprises
Oct 15-- Pollsters' predictions proved right
Oct 15-- How West was won and lost
Oct 15-- Greens tie Conservatives in mock student vote
Oct 15-- Tories enjoy `huge triumph'
Oct 15-- Exporters want Harper to move on economy
Oct 15-- Record-low voter turnout suggests uninspired campaign
Oct 15-- Are these people eyeing Dion's job?
Oct 15-- Harper to tackle economy
Oct 15-- NDP makes respectable gains
Oct 15-- Crushing defeat big trouble for Dion
Oct 15-- Déjà vu: Tory minority
Oct 14-- Defeat means Dion's days numbered, Liberals say
Oct 14-- Justin Trudeau wins Montreal-area riding
Oct 14-- Conservatives celebrate Ontario breakthrough
Oct 14-- Quebec denies Tories a majority

Vancouver Sun

Oct 16-- Campbell can't count on all those Conservative votes
Oct 16-- Time for Dion to exit stage
Oct 16-- Canadians didn't see green and vote red

Vancouver Province

Oct 16-- Maverick MP also one of the most successful
Oct 15-- It's a dog's breakfast