You're not a star when you win by 167 votes in a republican tidal wave election. Enough said.
Well.. to call 2014 a "tidal wave election" seems exaggerated. It was a great Republican election, but not a tidal wave by any means.
The largest GOP majority in the House since Coolidge was president, a
nine seat gain in the Senate, the reelection of several unpopular incumbent governors as well as new Republican governors in several very liberal states. If that's not a "tidal wave" then you're just arguing pointless semantics about terminology
