Mitt Romney says 47% comment was "not elegantly stated"

Republican Mitt Romney says a video clip in which he called nearly half of Americans "victims" was "not elegantly stated" and was "spoken off the cuff." However,  he says President Barack Obama's approach is "attractive to people who are not paying taxes."

"Not elegantly stated" means in my translation: "damn, I wish someone hadn't recorded that."

According to recent sources, 8 of the top 10 "non-tax paying" states are solid red, Republican states: Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina and Idaho.

Romney spoke to reporters Monday evening in a hastily called news conference after the emergence of a video in which the GOP presidential nominee told donors that almost half of American voters "believe that they are victims."