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  • Timid Hudak afraid to win (Ontario Tories snatch defeat from the jaws of victory)

    10/07/2011 4:03:25 AM PDT · by Clive · 9 replies
    Toronto Sun ^ | 2011-10-07 | Lorrie Goldstein
    Two words coined by a Sun colleague sum up the problem with the Progressive Conservative campaign in this election. Timid Hudak. PC Leader Tim Hudak seemed more frightened of losing than energized by the prospect of winning. Early polls showing him with a double-digit lead over Premier Dalton McGuinty spooked him. Hudak and his advisers wrongly believed they could cruise to victory by keeping a low profile and letting the public’s distrust of McGuinty do the rest. But McGuinty was a smart, tough campaigner, fighting his fourth election as Liberal leader, third as premier. And if voters were going to...