The Art of the Backpedal

They moved to the margins to appease their base during the primaries. Now that it's the general election, the candidates are frantically finding their way back to the middle, tap-dancing for their new audience of swing voters. The trend might be more exaggerated this year with Tea Party challengers swooping in from the right and frustrated liberals launching primary challenges to entrenched figures, but here are a few of the most prominent repenters, including Kentucky GOP Senate candidate Rand Paul, above.