Romney's one campaign regret? Poor communication with minorities.

Appearing at the Washington Ideas Forum on Wednesday, 2012 Republican nominee for president Mitt Romney reflected on his campaign, telling moderator James Bennet that he wishes he could "do it again." Romney went on to reveal that his biggest 2012 regret was not communicating better with minorities. "Darn it, I wish I could do that properly," he said. In the 2012 election, Romney only won the support of 17 percent of nonwhite voters.

Although he courted Donald Trump for an endorsement in 2012, Romney also said that he is skeptical the real estate mogul will get the party's nomination in 2016. "My party has historically nominated someone who's a mainstream conservative and someone who has a foundation in foreign policy that gives people confidence that they can guide the ship of the state in troubled waters," Romney explained. Romney went on to name Chris Christie, Marco Rubio, John Kasich, Jeb Bush, Lindsey Graham, and Carly Fiorina as "mainstream conservatives" he believes are real contenders for the nomination.

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