I'd say he (Mitt) is in a better place than (Ann) is. Not to say she’s bitter — and she enjoys her life. Look, they live on the beach, north of San Diego and a bunch of their grandkids are around. You know, they’ve got a pretty great life. But she I think feels the pain and the what-ifs and the hurt more than he does. And it comes through in the interview. There’s a lot of emotion that comes through in the interview, and she’s more open about it — the ‘what might have been.
~ Chris Wallace of Fox News on Recent Romney Interview
Transcript: Chris Wallace Interviews the Romneys on Fox News
On Losing:
ANN ROMNEY: It was a crushing disappointment. Not for us. Our lives are going to be fine. It's for the country.
WALLACE: Is it true you began to cry?
ANN ROMNEY: I did, of course. Yes. Very disappointed.
WALLACE: Cry for what?
ANN ROMNEY: Cry -- it's not -- again, is not sorrow for, oh, my gosh, you know, our lives are, you know, this dream -- the dream was to make a difference. The dream was to serve.
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WALLACE: Mrs. Romney, as we sit here right now, have you gotten over the defeat? Or is that going to take more time?
ANN ROMNEY: I think it takes time. I think I'm mostly -- you know, the great "Princess Bride" line, "mostly dead."
I'm mostly over it. But not completely.
And you have moments where you, you know, go back and feel the sorrow of the loss. And so, yes, I think we're not mostly dead yet.
@political_bill Ann Romney, still crying over that crown she ordered and can't wear.#p2
— Lisa Todd Sutton (@LisaToddSutton) March 4, 2013
Watching Fox News Sunday. Can be summed up with basically “Ann Romney whining a bunch about that big bad bully Barack Obama” whaaaaa.
— DuckintheDesert (@Duckinthedesert) March 5, 2013
The unbridled arrogance: #MittRomney feeling sorry for America because we don't have him as president. Unbridled arrogance.
— solvay (@solvayanitra) March 4, 2013
@_leah93 I believe there should be a picture of Mitt and Ann in the dictionary under the word Entitled.
— Nazanin Afshar (@NazaninAfshar) March 5, 2013
Seeing Mitt & Ann Romney Whine On Fox Reminds Me To Gloat Again With My Morning Coffee & Faved Sweetener.... twitter.com/RepublicanSwin…
— Republican Swine (@RepublicanSwine) March 5, 2013
Poor Mitt and Ann Romney ---> Won't someone PLEASE think of the 'poor rich' people?bit.ly/XSUiwo
— The Fighting Liberal (@texyellowdogdem) March 5, 2013
Ann Romney is not at all gracious in defeat, still reeking of sour grapes, proof she never was FLOTUS worthy, and never will be. #LastWord
— SheSheGo (@SheSheGo) March 5, 2013
Why Did Obama Win?
ANN ROMNEY: I think they had a better ground game. And I think we were not aware -- you know, we certainly had the passion coming from our side, and I don't think we were as aware of the passion that was coming from the other side. I think we were a little blindsided by that.
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MITT ROMNEY: And -- and I won't get a third chance. I'm not doing it again. The weakness that our campaign had and that I had is we weren't effective in taking my message primarily to minority voters, to Hispanic-Americans, African-Americans, other minorities. That was a real weakness.
We did very well with the majority population, but not with minority populations. And that was a -- that was a failing. That was a real mistake.
WALLACE: Why do you think that was?
MITT ROMNEY: Well, I think the ObamaCare attractiveness and feature was something we underestimated in a -- particularly among lower incomes. And we just didn't do as -- as good a job at connecting with that audience as we should have.
Mitt Romney: "I still don't understand why so many Latinos self-deported from the Republican Party in 2012"
— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) March 4, 2013
It's still clear Mitt Romney still thinks that poor black & brown people will be the sole beneficiaries of Obamacare #EdShow
— ✰Ҡℒăąẗμ βℜąḋⒶ Ñîḵẗø (@BlazePhoenix_) March 5, 2013
"Obamacare was very attractive, particularly to those without health insurance."-Mitt Romney, finally acknowledging nearly 50 million people
— James Morrison (@JamesPMorrison) March 4, 2013
Mitt Romney is now attributing his loss to the fact that it turns out people actually like #Obamacare? Bwahahahaha! #GOPfail
— Laura (@CatLadyLC) March 3, 2013
How stupid is Mitt Romney? Obama won because min. love Obamacare? That was his plan in Ma, wasn't it? So he could have won had he owned up?
— Leonco-K (@LeoncoKaizer) March 3, 2013
Shorter: Damn you black and brown people RT @thinkprogress Mitt Romney: I lost because minorities love Obamacare thkpr.gs/XLZm8V
— Pnthrgrlgail (@Mama4Obama1) March 3, 2013
On Their Media Image as Wealthy People
WALLACE: Do you think that the two of you at all contributed to this image, which the other side certainly played up, that you were so wealthy that you were somehow out of touch with the concerns of the average American?
ANN ROMNEY: You know, that's -- that's a reality that, you know, you can't change. I mean, we are who we are. The thing that was frustrating to me is that people didn't really get to know Mitt for who he was.
. . . But it was not just the campaign's fault. I believe it was the media's fault as well, is that he was not giving -- being given a fair shake, that people weren't allowed to really see him for who he was.
WALLACE: All right, what about the media?
(LAUGHTER)
ANN ROMNEY: I'm happy to blame the media.
(LAUGHTER)
Ann Romney on Fox News Sunday: "I blame the media for Mitt's loss... and that's all #YouPeople need to know."
— Rafalca Romney (@RafalcaRomney) March 4, 2013
I agree with #AnnRomney about the Media not fully showing the real #MittRomney . The media was too kind to Mitt, a ruthless businessman
— Eddie P (@OrlandoLiberal) March 4, 2013
I agree with Ann Romney when she blames the media for Mitt's loss -- if by "media" she means recording devices.
— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) March 3, 2013
.@krystalball: If Ann Romney wants to blame media, she should blameconservative media which allowed the GOP to delude themselves in 2012.
— The Last Word (@TheLastWord) March 5, 2013
@anndromney You really think the media was unfair to Mitt? You're both delusional. #GoobyeMittens
— Nikki (@jrpaws) March 5, 2013
On the Damaging 47% Remark
MITT ROMNEY: Yes, it was a very unfortunate statement that I made. It's not what I meant. I didn't express myself as I wished I would have.
You know, when you speak in private, you don't spend as much time thinking about how something could be twisted and distorted and -- and it could come out wrong and be used.
But, you know, I did. And it was very harmful. What I said is not what I believe. Obviously, my whole campaign -- my whole life has been devoted to helping people, all of the people. I care about all the people of the country.
But that hurt. There's no question that hurt and did real damage to my campaign.
RT @focusonprogress: Mitt #Romney on 47% comment: "What I said is not what I believe." Which only proves he would say just about anything...
— Patty (@Hoptoad4) March 5, 2013
@_leah93 What Mitt & Ann truly resent is that the people they so badly looked down upon (47%), rose up and electorally gave them the finger!
— Nazanin Afshar (@NazaninAfshar) March 5, 2013
This 47 percenter is thrilled that #MittRomney is not our president.He sent many good paying jobs overseas. #Traitor
— MaryMacElveen (@MaryMacElveen) March 3, 2013
.@stevekornacki: We can talk about whether it was healthcare, it was 47%, the wealth gaffes. He didn’t help himself in so many ways.
— The Last Word (@TheLastWord) March 5, 2013
#edshow Heh. We saw the REAL Mitt on that 47% tape. Sorry, Mittens, you lose. Deservedly.
— Kate(@LeftsideAnnie) March 5, 2013
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