It would be as close to becoming President as Romney would get, and he apparently wanted to enjoy it while he could, however prematurely. Then, on election night, when the television networks projected Romney’s defeat in Ohio and therefore Barack Obama’s re-election, the Romney campaign, in a further denial of fact, refused to accept the result.
愿望是美好的，但有愿望还不足以把这变成现实。罗姆尼离总统宝座只有一步之遥，而他也想享受这种感觉，不管它是多么不成熟。接着，在选举之夜，当各大电视网预测罗姆尼将在俄亥俄州败北、从而奥巴马将连任时，罗姆尼阵营再次否认事实，拒不接受结果。在经历了难堪的一小时后，他才接受了现实，摆出一副亲和的样子做了承认失败的演说。