Rochester, N.H.

In this morning’s debate on NBC, Rick Santorum questioned Mitt Romney’s decision not to run for reelection when he was governor of Massachusetts. That year, 2006, was a terrible one for Republicans nationwide, including Santorum, who lost his Senate seat in Pennsylvania by 18 points.

“Well, if his record was so great as governor of Massachusetts why didn’t he run for reelection?” Santorum asked. “I mean if you didn’t want to even stand before the people of Massachusetts and run on your record–if it was that great, why did you bail out?”