Leader Dalton Mcguinty: Southwestern Ontario

Campaign Trail Dept: On that front, the Tories still have some cause for optimism and not just because their right-leaning base is generally seen to be more motivated than the Liberals centrist one, according to Globe and Mail. Although his jam-packed schedule on Monday seemed designed to project energy, it resulted in something less than Hudak-mania an audience generously pegged at two dozen coming out to see him during a morning stop in Windsor, before a desultory slog through Southwestern Ontario. The day ended before a bigger crowd in Brampton, but even there his well-rehearsed lines seemed to fall flat and the media has a tendency to pretend that campaigns are all about changing minds. But with turnout potentially dipping below 50 per cent this election, an equal perhaps bigger priority is just getting the like-minded to leave their homes and vote. Admittedly, that hasn t been readily apparent on the campaign trail, where Mr. Hudak has been speaking to smaller crowds than Liberal Leader Dalton McGuinty. Energy on Mr. Hudak s tour seems to be flagging as the race grinds to a close, the early optimism that he was cruising toward a big victory replaced by a sense that he s just going through the motions. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.