Prorogation Daze…

Why wait for the historians to write their volumes on the developments of December 2008, when we can live it on the day to day and the word for word. .

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As our wayward and hardly working Members of Parliament stumble home to chat up the constituents (and perhaps receive an earful or two) we will catalogue the mood of the nation, through its journalistic class.
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While we countdown the days until round two of the Coalition (or what will be left of it by January) v/s Conservative battles, we shall archive all of the developments here in our Podunkian Prorogation Portal.

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Join us as we spin some tales of the prorogation.

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Globe and Mail

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Dec 18-- Sitting and standing and seats

Dec 18-- The Senate needs a shot of star power – and here's the list

Dec 18-- Fair and co-operative

Dec 17-- Harper to bend on House seats for Ontario, McGuinty says

Dec 16-- He's got the title – give him the job

Dec 11-- From Day 1, Ignatieff sets out to win the West

Dec 11-- Don't sit back, Liberals – it's time to democratize the party

Dec 10-- Ignatieff and Harper: the Nobleman versus the Doberman

Dec 10-- Putting the onus on Harper

Dec 10-- From Day 1, Ignatieff sets out to win the West

Dec 10-- How wide is the policy gap?

Dec 10-- A muscular academic (or at least, a more muscular academic than the last one)

Dec 10-- What readers think of Ignatieff

Dec 10-- PM swoops in to set meeting following Ignatieff's warning

Dec 10-- Ignatieff makes the journey from academic to politician

Dec 10-- As Rae swallows his pride, Ignatieff era begins

Dec 10-- Stephen Harper's accidental gift

Dec 10-- How coalition politics will soften Canada's defences

Dec 9-- An aura of inevitability surrounds Ignatieff

Dec 8-- Ignatieff makes his move

Dec 6-- Frozen coalition

Dec 6-- Something the Liberal Party is missing

Dec 6-- Liberals mobilizing to dump Dion

Dec 6-- Tone down rhetoric, Tories warned

Dec 6-- Rallies sparked by parliamentary crisis draw crowds across country

Dec 6-- It's not the economy, stupid

Dec 6-- Questions for the Liberal caucus

Dec 6-- From the G-G's encyclopedia: ‘P' is for prorogue?

Dec 5-- Are there too many chefs in Iggy's kitchen?

Dec 5-- After the storm

Dec 5-- Rae steps in as coalition's chief salesman

Dec 5-- The first Liberal step: Replace Dion

Dec 5-- GG made Harper work for prorogue

Dec 5-- Peace, order and good government

Dec 4-- Time for a real leader

Dec 4-- Liberals leave door open to propping up Tories

Dec 4-- Parliament shut down till Jan. 26

Dec 4-- Majority prefers keeping Conservative government

Dec 4-- Fanning anger toward Quebec

Dec 4-- How to spend your stay of execution

Dec 4-- Canadians take to the streets

Dec 4-- Harper boosts nationalist sentiment in Quebec

Dec 4-- Threat of defections shifts sands beneath Dion's feet

Dec 4-- Why kingmaker Duceppe can't stop laughing

Dec 4-- National unity will pay the price for this partisan bickering

Dec 4-- What a difference five days make

Dec 4-- Can it get any more pathetic? You betcha!

Dec 4-- There's not much sunshine in this Leacockian sketch

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National Post

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Dec 18-- Meet Stephen Harper, easy-going pushover

Dec 17-- Harper agrees to give Ontario 21 more seats in House

Dec 16-- Layton adds another weight to Ignatieff's ball and chain

Dec 13-- Harper and Ignatieff promise a rivalry for the ages

Dec 12-- Harper, Ignatieff hold 'cordial' meeting on economy

Dec 11-- Harper braces to fork over bailout billions

Dec 11-- Ignatieff backs away from cliff

Dec 11-- The Prime Minister's playbook for the Senate

Dec 10-- Ignatieff warns Harper over budget

Dec 10-- Michael Ignatieff sees the cliff, and backs away

Dec 10-- The vast left-wing conspiracy that ensnared Stephen Harper

Dec 10-- Night of the Living Dion

Dec 10-- Michael Ignatieff, in his own words

Dec 10-- RAE BOWS OUT FOR IGNATIEFF

Dec 9-- A career too tragic even for the Bard

Dec 7-- Dion expected to resign this week

Dec 7-- Rae and Ignatieff call for Dion to step aside

Dec 7-- Video killed Dion’s star

Dec 7-- The Liberals and the deteriorating economy of 1957

Dec 6-- Dion faces renewed pressure to step down

Dec 6-- Layton pays a call

Dec 6-- The psychology of Stephen Harper

Dec 6-- Dear Diary: Michaelle Jean

Dec 6-- No winners after week of unnecessary hell

Dec 6-- What does the political crisis mean for Canada

Dec 6-- For its own survival, Harper government will have to feel the pain

Dec 6-- Whoever took Stephen Harper's blue sweater, will they please give it back?

Dec 6-- Just like the bad old days of the NEP

Dec 5-- International gaze turns to Ottawa drama

Dec 5-- Mr. Dion, it's time to resign

Dec 5-- Time to end hypocrisy

Dec 5-- A week that left Ottawa breathless

Dec 4-- Parliament suspended after GG agrees to Harper request

Dec 4-- A week in which nobody impressed the public

Dec 4-- Dark days get darker for unloved Dion

Dec 4-- Coalition faces six-week trial by fire

Dec 4-- Canadians prefer Harper's economic leadership: poll

Dec 4-- Harper ditches the olive branch

Dec 4-- Why the PM must persist

Dec 4-- Stephane Dion's reaction to the prorogation, plus questions

Dec 4-- What are the rights and powers of the Governor-General?

Dec 4-- The only question for Michaelle Jean is, what's best for Canada?

Dec 4-- Old bogeyman usurps real crisis

Dec 4-- What we can learn from Stephen Harper and the Syrian hamster

Dec 4-- That's the way the coalition crumbles

Dec 4-- Spare us Senator May

Dec 4-- Many Liberals sheepish about Bloc's role in deal

Dec 4-- Prorogue Parliament

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Toronto Star

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Dec 18-- Is Harper finally Ontario's friend?

Dec 18-- Big brains better than big names

Dec 18-- Top winners and losers of 2008

Dec 17-- Tories can learn from Quebec history and polls

Dec 15-- Harper's Senate move may be a necessity

Dec 12-- Even the best stimulus will be unfair

Dec 12-- Political middle road now empty in Quebec

Dec 11-- Shame on the Liberal party elite

Dec 11-- New leader wise to Harper's tactics

Dec 11-- Murky past could haunt Ignatieff

Dec 10-- Change of leader just a beginning

Dec 10-- Ignatieff largely silent on economy

Dec 10-- For once, Liberal party chooses co-operation
Dec 7-- Dion likely gone by Christmas

Dec 7-- Ignatieff said to be close to replacing Dion

Dec 7-- Liberals pitch Dion exit plan

Dec 7-- Charest hobbled by Harper's folly

Dec 7-- Rae steers coalition against Ignatieff

Dec 7-- Bipartisan outrage in the West

Dec 6-- Quick exit for Dion possible: Ignatieff

Dec 6-- Time for Dion to step down

Dec 6-- It's the economy

Dec 6-- Brief pause en route to a showdown

Dec 6-- No one voted for a mess like this

Dec 6-- Obama's lesson lost on Ottawa

Dec 6-- Crisis rallies draw crowds across Canada

Dec 6-- An economic challenge the Tories won't meet

Dec 6-- Fumbling coalition lets Tories rewrite Constitution

Dec 5-- Governor General boxed in by Harper

Dec 5-- Harper at a crossroads

Dec 5-- PM needs to reach out

Dec 4-- Economy should be the focus, Dion says

Dec 4-- Harper makes his pitch to Canadians

Dec 4-- PM hangs on as Parliament shut down for seven weeks

Dec 4-- A letter to the Governor General

Dec 4-- Coalition for change

Dec 4-- Misrepresenting our system of government

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Vancouver Sun

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Dec 6-- After Ottawa's budget, a fiscal reckoning will come for B.C. Liberals

Dec 5-- Our political leaders have seven weeks to rise above their own interests

Dec 5-- Not what Canada needs

Dec 4-- Country divided over Bloc-supported coalition

Dec 4-- Harper’s economic leadership favoured, survey says

Dec 4-- GG agrees to suspend Parliament

Dec 4-- How Dion's address went horribly wrong

Dec 4-- A Nation Divided

Dec 4-- A good economic plan squandered in a political mis-step

Dec 4-- No financial role for the NDP? Federal message stings in B.C.

Dec 4-- Curse or promise, coalition may be way of the future

Dec 4-- What it takes to be a great leader

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Vancouver Province

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Dec 5-- Decision to suspend Parliament will help the Liberals rebuild

Dec 5-- The game's up for hapless Inspector Dion

Dec 4-- Just a naked power grab, plain and simple

Dec 4-- The coalition's real agenda.

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Podunkian Prorogation Preamble

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Dec 7-- Suddenly, the people need to be heard?

Dec 7-- Cullen still endorsing the "good idea" of a coalition

Dec 4-- Road kill of the coalition

Dec 4-- The Governor-General saw her shadow, seven more weeks of Conservative rule…

Dec 3-- Canada will have to look elsewhere for stirring oratory and sense of the moment!

Dec 3-- A nasty tone to the coalition debate in Smithers

Dec 3-- What’s good for the Separatist cause is good for Canada?

Dec 2-- Nathan Cullen firmly on side with coalition

Dec 1-- Mr. Cullen, in the backroom with a ..... policy briefing

Dec 1-- Exclusive footage of the secret planning sessions of the coalition in Ottawa

Nov 29-- Cullen unimpressed with Conservatives handling of financial issues

Nov 29-- Ottawa machinations make for a case of Political calculation, or a Political coup?