Littleton and Meckler are shills for the GOP who are only interested in self-promotion.
Read about Meckler here: http://motherjones.com/politics/2010/10/tea-party-mark-meckler-herbalife
In 2010, Littleton pushed RINO Rob Portman over another candidate who was a self-made millionaire and a true Conservative. Now he’s a Paulbot and attempted to make it appear that the Ohio Liberty Council was supporting Paul. Most of the member groups let him know they were not supporting Paul and that they were very unhappy with him, so Littleton resigned.
The Ohio Liberty Council is in shambles because of him and the self-promoter who replaced him, but the rest of the Ohio Tea Party groups I’m in contact with are doing very well, thank you.
I don't think the tea part is dead. And to a point it will never be because there are those who are by nature a tea party type personality. But I think it peaked in '10.