Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ko te kaitōrangapū o te Rōpū Reipa kua reti a Mitt Romney e kī ana i whakakahoretia e ia te toru o ngā pakanga perehitini nā te mea 'kāore i tika' a ka whakatakoto i tōna wā ki te pakihi me ngā take atawhai, tae atu ki tana wahine a Ann me ā rātou mokopuna 23. 'I tetahi ara, kaore i te ahua he wa tika tenei ki a maatau ki te anga whakamua,' i kii a Romney ki a Yahoo Global News Anchor Katie Couric i roto i te uiui i tukuna i te Taite. 'Kei te hiahia ahau ki te noho hei perehitini. I whakatau noa ahau ehara ahau i te tangata tino pai hei kawe i te rama Reipa.' Kaore a Romney i tautoko i tetahi o nga kaitono perehitini GOP i roto i tana uiui tuatahi mai i tana tangohanga i tona ingoa mai i te raarangi 2016, engari i kaha te korero mo te kaiarahi o te Manapori a Hillary Clinton. Kei te uiui a Katie Couric ki a Mitt Romney i San Diego, California, i te whare o tana tama. 'Ka pai ahau ki te noho hei perehitini. I whakatau noa ahau ehara ahau i te tangata pai hei kawe i te rama Reipa, 'i kii a Romney ki a ia. Kāore a Romney i tautoko i tētahi o ngā kaitono ā-peresideni o te GOP i tana uiuinga tuatahi mai i tana tangohanga i tōna ingoa i te rārangi 2016, engari i kōrero nui ia mō te kaitono ā-tihi o te Rōpū Tōrangapū, a Hillary Clinton. Ko te Kawana o mua o Florida a Jeb Bush, ko te Kawana o Wisconsin a Scott Walker, ko te Kawana o Florida a Marco Rubio me te Kawana o Kentucky a Rand Paul, he tino perehitini katoa, i kii ia. Ko Bush, i whakaarohia e te nuinga ko te aukati nui rawa atu a Romney ki te whakarite i te tohu perehitini Republican mo te wa tuarua i te wa e rite ana ki o raatau papamuri me nga kaupapa here, i whakaahuatia e Romney he 'kawana pai, whai hua.' Ka hanga e ia mo 'he kaitono tino whakamataku me te kaha,' ka mea a Romney, i tutaki motuhake ki te kawana o mua o mua i mua i te mutunga o nga korero e whakaaro ana ia ki te tono 2016. I whakaahuatia e ia a Walker hei 'tangata pono me te tuakiri' me te kii 'he tino akiaki ia ki te riro hei kaitono.' 'Ko ia tetahi i aro atu ki te whakamaharatanga, i whawhai mo tana kaupapa; i tautokohia e te iwi o Wisconsin,' i kii a Romney ki a Couric. Ko ahau...
'Kei te hiahia ahau ki te noho hei perehitini. I whakatau noa ahau ehara au i te tangata pai hei kawe i te rama Reipa", i kii a Romney. Koinei tana uiuinga tuatahi mai i tana tangohanga i tana ingoa i te rārangi o te tau 2016. Kāore a Romney i tautoko i tētahi o ngā kaitono ā-peresideni GOP, engari i kōrero nui ia mō Scott Walker, Jeb Bush me Marco Rubio. Ko Hillary, i tetahi atu taha, kei roto i te 'raru' mo tana kaituku huna, a ka tiakina e ia 'te kaupapa here a Hillary Clinton / Barack Obama' 'Ko te tikanga, he mea tonu te mea ki te Clintons. He ture tā rātou e whakaahua ana... kātahi ka whakatau rātou kāore e whai i ā rātou ake ture' Ka mea a Romney he 'kaore' i te pono i te po o tana pōtitanga, i tana waea whakamoemiti ki te POTUS i kī ai ia i wikitoria nā te hunga pango.