‘No, No, No, No’ Becomes Maybe for Ann Romney

In an interview last fall, Ann Romney made clear that her husband’s political career — and his family’s support for it — were over.

“Done,” she told The Los Angeles Times in October. “Completely. Not only Mitt and I are done, but the kids are done. Done. Done. Done.”

But it seems Mrs. Romney is not quite through after all.

As the couple trek to Republican gatherings in San Diego and Mr. Romney woos donors in New York, he and his supporters have sought to convey the seriousness with which...