Preparing the troops for battle

The expectation is that the Prime Minister is set to visit the Governor General on Sunday morning and interrupt a restful slumber, putting her to work on the democratic process for Canadians from coast to coast to coast.

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That knock on the GG's door, will set in motion the toppling of the dominoes towards a federal election, a short and lively campaign that will culminate in a trip to the polls expected to be on October 14th.

So with all of that set to get underway, we figured it might be time to start archiving the pre election stories that we stumble across during our daily surfing.

Let's look at this as the pre game show shall we?

We will place a link to this updated posting on the right hand side of our blog, you can find it under our items of special interest category.

Globe and Mail

Sept. 6--And the winner is ... Harper

Sept. 6--Our own sexy midterm

Sept. 6--Innes to challenge incumbent Chow

Sept. 6--For each leader, the bar is set

Sept. 6--The man vs. the brand

Sept. 6--Liberals lead on the environment, new poll finds

Sept. 6--Grounded?

Sept. 6--Port Authority CEO to run for Tories

Sept.6--Award-winning ad agency takes on NDP campaign

Sept. 6--Harper expects ‘very nasty campaign'

Sept. 6--Fearing Harper could win a majority, rivals sound early alarm

Sept. 6--Unemployment at the polls

Sept. 6--Dion's meeting at 24 Sussex: a cold shoulder and a glass of water

Sept. 6--Battleground smaller than you think

Sept. 6--Canadians support government's handling of economy: Flaherty

Sept. 5--Bloc will take nothing for granted: Duceppe

Sept. 5--Green candidate accused of Israel-bashing gets May's support

Sept. 5--Dion, like Clark, not to be underestimated

Sept. 5--Pre-election ads portray Tory Leader as family guy

Sept. 5--Harper joins the Web's twittering class

Sept. 5--The arts funding cloud

Sept. 4--Conservatives, Bloc in virtual tie in Quebec, poll finds

Sept. 4--Dion puts food safety on the table in lead-up to federal election

Sept. 4--Solberg retiring from politics

Sept. 4--Layton to borrow from Obama's playbook

Sept. 4--Green party drops B.C. candidate over allegedly anti-Semitic blog post

Sept. 4--Let Elizabeth May be heard

Sept. 4--This campaign will come down to one geeky guy

Sept. 3--Harper's telling action

Sept. 3--The big split on the left plays right into Harper's hands

Aug. 23--Was it all a 'pious hope' dream?

National Post

Sept. 6--Biggest Tory asset is Harper himself

Sept. 6--Harper to visit GG Sunday morning

Sept. 6--100 seats or bust

Sept. 6--Stephane Dion's green albatross

Sept. 6--Tories are well placed to win

Sept. 5--On leadership, Harper the clear winner

Sept. 4--Harper shows off gentler side in new ads

Sept. 4--Election set for Oct. 14: sources

Sept. 4--Harper is not just being modest

Sept. 4--Dion drops the gloves as match begins

Sept. 3--And now, on to the real issues

Sept. 3--Does Harper hold a majority surprise?

Sept. 3--New Green Shift initiatives not a retreat, Dion says

Sept. 3--Stephen Harper's goal: self-preservation

Sept. 2--Half of Canadians choose Harper as best PM: poll

Sept. 2--Support for Liberal Green Shift slipping

Sept. 2--Canadians heading to the polls: Dion

Aug. 31--Liberals plan to target Harper's leadership

Aug. 30--PM 'intent on quitting,' says Layton

Aug. 29--Bloc leader says Harper wants election

Aug. 29--Six reasons Harper should call an election

Aug. 28--Attacks show election campaign already underway

Aug. 28--Election means long-delayed retirement for veteran MPs

Aug. 27--End my government, it's doing a great job

Aug. 26--'Diametrically opposed' agendas could force election: Harper

Aug. 27--Harper's 'dysfunctional' record outshines 10 years of functional Chretien

The Toronto Star

Sept. 6--They're off and running absurdly

Sept. 6--Harper's 'political pit bull'

Sept. 4--Three ministers won't run

Sept. 4--Election call expected Sunday

Sept. 4--PM betrayed Canada, Dion says

Sept. 4--Go negative, Stéphane, or lose

Sept. 4--Let the Greens into the debate

Sept. 4--Conservative conversion

Sept. 3--Just what is PM's agenda?

The Vancouver Sun

Sept. 6--Conservatives not 'flirting with majority'

Sept. 5--Vote-splitting this election's wild card: Emerson

Sept. 4--3 Tory ministers say no to re-election

Sept. 4--Harper to call for election on Sunday

Sept. 4--Dion targets 'right-wing' Harper

Sept. 4--Tory minister has to quit: Liberals

Sept. 4--Our election is about which party can manage the economy

Sept. 3--No reason for an election other than opportunism

The Vancouver Province

Sept. 6--Harper trying to buy union votes: Hargrove

Sept. 5--No Sunday sleep-in for GG

Sept. 4--Harper to right of John McCain, says Liberal leader

Sept. 5--Green Party dumps Newton-North Delta candidate over anti-Semitism

The Podunkian Archives

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Sept. 5-- She’s been in training for over a year and now she’s ready for the final exam

Sept. 4-- As the election whispers grow louder the cash flows faster

Sept. 2-- Federal election rumblings have locals planning

Sept. 1-- Tea or Coffee with the GG and a writ to drop please