Mitt Romney said he wishes Hurricane Sandy hadn’t wreaked havoc on the East Coast a week before the election, telling CNN in an interview that aired Thursday the storm gave President Barack Obama “a chance to be presidential.”
“Obviously a hurricane with a week to go before the election stalled our campaign,” Romney told CNN’s Gloria Borger.
Romney said he doesn’t place any blame on New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R), who drew the ire from many Republicans for his public embrace of Obama after Sandy. Romney’s wife, Ann Romney, echoed those sentiments last week, calling Christie a “great guy.”
“I wish the hurricane hadn’t happened when it did because it gave the President a chance to be presidential and to be out showing sympathy for folks. That’s one of the advantages of incumbency,” Romney said. “But you know, you don’t look back and worry about each little thing and how could that have been different. You look forward.”