Andrea Horwath: Female Leader

Mcguinty Dept: DOWNSIDE: It goes without saying that Mr. McGuinty will spend much of the night with the other two leaders ganging up on him, which will make the less-savoury aspects of his record hard to escape. But the bigger danger may be that many viewers are already tired of him; if he comes off a little too sanctimonious, as he sometimes does, he could add to that fatigue, according to Globe and Mail. TIM HUDAK Because he ll mostly be speaking about his own record rather than criticizing someone else s, the Liberals are also hoping Mr. McGuinty will come off the most positive of the three. Rather than engaging much with the others, he will spend most of the night trying to speak directly to viewers about positive aspects of his government s record that the Liberals believe are usually overlooked. Mr. McGuinty may also struggle to deal with Andrea Horwath arguably a bigger concern to the Liberals than Tim Hudak because of the danger of centre-left vote-splitting. Pushing back aggressively against a likeable female leader could have very bad optics. But so would giving the appearance of being patronizing. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.