Democrats: "The Tea Party Era Is Over!"

Lil' one at a Tea Party rally

The Tea Party movement is certainly down, but I'm not sure that it's out. I guess we'll have to see the election results tonight (or tomorrow) to verify this claim. From Yahoo! News: "The tea party, at least its widespread influence on Republican congressional candidates, 'is over,' declared the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the party group charged with electing Democrats to the House. 'House Republican incumbents — and their candidates — are running as far away from the Tea Party as they can,' a pre-election DCCC memo provided to Yahoo News reads. 'Regardless of whether [Republicans] win or lose, the Tea Party of 2010 is over. They've been forced on defense in the message fight all cycle long, and now those who win will have done so by giving up on the Tea Party.'"