Welcome to Wednesday’s edition of Washington Secrets, your guide to who is winning and losing in the nation’s capital. One loser is Secrets, who was stuck on the Metro for too long after an accident at Metro Center. But a winner could be the GOP ahead of the midterm elections, if they can navigate their way through a silver lining revealed in polling shared with Secrets.

The White House and Republicans in economic good-news shock might be the alternative headline (or moderately good news, perhaps).