and these days, more and more scholars wait in the wings-- like joe fruscione, who, after wrapping up his contingent class at george washington, traipses back to his car-- he doesn't even get a parking space-- and drives to his next adjunct class in baltimore. >> it takes about 45 minutes to get there in the middle of the afternoon, which is not horrible, it's not great. >> solman: no wonder folks like fruscione are called "road scholars," their careers a constant commute as their elders stay put. what keeps them humming along? >> there's a way where this is a very nice job, a tenure-track job-- one set of colleagues, one office, one parking space. >> solman: and if he got that, he might never want to leave either. >> woodruff: how long do you plan to work? we want you to weigh in. go to paul's making sense page to let us know. >> ifill: we turn now to politics, as republicans plot a path forward with a new report that examines what they must do to reclaim the white house. last november mitt romney became the fifth of the last six republican presidential nominees to fail to win the po