Is the Democratic party about to implode? Pelosi and Reid receive harsh rebukes from party candidates

With midterm election right around the corner, Democrats are quickly abandoning the leaders of their party. Surprisingly, however, it isn't just President Obama who is receiving this rebuff, but House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.

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LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - At least three potential Democratic candidates for the House of Representatives have openly attacked Pelosi in ads, a symptom of the dissatisfaction many Americans have with the leaders of the Democratic party.

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Gwen Grahan had a TV ad which showed Pelosi. "Here's what I believe: Congress is broken," she says. "Both parties-Republican and Democrat-are to blame. And both need new leaders in Washington."

Representative John Barrow of Georgia, one of the five Democrats who had voted against Pelosi being the party leader in 2013, used this fact as one of the cornerstones of a new campaign. "I voted against Nancy Pelosi as speaker," he bragged in a recent ad.

In Colorado, candidate Irv Hatler is also trying to use anti-Pelosi sentiment to his advantage. He compared her to Representative Doug Lamborn, his Republican opponent.

"Career politicians like Doug Lamborn and Nancy Pelosi have failed," Halter says, as he said. ".There's only one way to change Washington: Vote them out."

The campaigns of Graham and Barrow have been supported by national Democratic groups that are tied with Pelosi, a fact that Republicans are quick to point out.

A spokesman for the National Republican Congressional Committee, Daniel Scarpinato, said that it was "an insult to voters for Democrats who are being propped up by her outside spending to be simultaneously pretending to be distancing themselves from her."

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Democrat from Nevada, is also receiving critcism from his party.

Arkansas Senator Mark Pryor suggested to donors recently that he'd like to replace Reid. In Georgia, there are rumors that Senate candidate Michelle Nunn will not back Reid.

In a debate that occurred in Virginia, Senator Mark Warner was also critical. "We could perhaps do better in both parties," he said.

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