Rising anger among Democrats fuels talk of Tea Party-style backlash

uh, yeah? They cannibalized the entire Republican party and wear its skin like a trophy, that's kinda exactly what we want to do to the DNC. Sure, they did it for terrible reasons and sure, the main reason they were successful was the moneied assistance of oligarchs, but there's no arguing their success. If we want to be successful, we should study their notes.

They've seized power from their party's centrists and converted huge chunks of them haven't they?

It's compared to the tea party for the same reason every scandal in politics is something-gate.