Do Democrats ever tire of smearing the Tea Party?

(Politico) — Republican presidential candidates “bow and genuflect” to the tea party, Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), said Sunday.

Asked on CNN’s “State of the Union” about President Barack Obama’s reelection prospects, Durbin slammed the Republican contenders, saying the tea party had brought the federal government to the brink of shutdown.

“I don’t think people like that kind of politics,” Durbin said.