There are no bourbon-fueled benders, beards, or pity parties for the man who four weeks ago lost the White House, but Mitt Romney wakes up each day deprived perhaps for the first time in his life of any real sense of purpose, reports the Washington Post in a lengthy look at the candidate's post-election life. He wrestles with a gnawing boredom, reads voraciously about fiscal cliff negotiations in the news instead of leading the charge, and doles out half-hearted pranks. He's not bitter over the loss, friends say, but “is he disappointed? Of course he’s disappointed," says an adviser. "Mitt hates to lose." Some snippets from the Post's report: