The Democrats Had Luster?

The Washington Post had a strange headline in it story about the Democrats' fumbling this last year.

Key Setbacks Dim Luster of Democrats' Year

Where was the luster that was dimmed? As far as I could tell, the Democrats' year started going downhill as soon as Nancy Pelosi embarked on her suck up tour to Middle Eastern despots and terrorist enablers, hit bottom once she got there and stayed at the bottom ever since.