There’s nothing binding about today’s RNC self-examination report, but it’s still a remarkable document and comes perhaps the closest of anything since the election to the big, fundamental reckoning that the GOP needs to go through not just for its own good but for the good of the country. Benjy Sarlin picks out the top 6 highlights from the report.

Hillary Clinton announces her support for gay marriage.

So drastically shorter primary phase, much earlier nominating convention, many fewer debates. Aren’t all of Reince Priebus’s structural reforms basically aimed at dramatically reducing the time period in which the actual Republican party base is on display for the public at large?

RNC Chief Reince Priebus asked about blow up at CPAC race event.