Trend toward centrist candidates may transform parties

Voters appear to be less tolerant of arrogance
By Bill Lambrecht
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Deseret News)
WASHINGTON — White House hopefuls can expect to find an altered campaign trail more favorable to moderate candidates and less tolerant of those who seem arrogant or prone to ethical lapses. Reading the results of the Democrats' midterm election takeover of Congress, campaign experts also say presidential aspirants can expect to be pinned down on their strategies for ending the Iraq war. The path to the White House is strewn with failed aspirants who ran presidential campaigns with battle plans based on past elections. But the results last week were so decisive and voter preferences so unmistakably clear that the current candidates had better take note, analysts say....