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http://abcnews.go.com/WN/democrats-c...ry?id=11301899

Democrats Keep Distance From Each Other

Republicans Pounce on Ethics Allegations Before Midterm Elections to Regain Control of Congress

By DAVID KERLEY and CHRISTINA CAPATIDES
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1, 2010

With midterm elections looming on the horizon, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi skirted questions on ABC's "This Week" about the ethics charges pending against two Democratic members of the House, illuminating the fact that, for most Democrats these days, the prevailing tactic seems to be "every man for himself."

"I'm totally out of the loop," Pelosi told ABC's Christiane Amanpour. "It is independent. It is confidential, classified, secret, whatever. We don't know what it is."

And just as this leader of the Democratic Party has chosen to distance herself from the alleged wrongdoings of her colleagues, so have numerous democratic congressional hopefuls chosen to distance themselves from the current unpopularity of their Party's leadership.

Take Georgia's most prominent Democrat, former Gov. Roy Barnes, for example. When President Obama travels to Atlanta on Monday to headline a Democratic National Committee fundraiser and address the Disabled American Veterans convention, Barnes plans to be campaigning for voters' favor in Southern Georgia, more than 100 miles away.