NASHUA, NH — Sleep makes a difference. Two debates here in New Hampshire proved that can be especially true in politics.

In the hours before the ABC News Saturday night debate in Manchester, Rick Santorum criss-crossed southern New Hampshire, holding at least four events in which he spoke or debated with supporters and critics for more than five hours.  In his next-to-last event, at a barn in Hollis, he arrived, saw the crowd spilling out of the doors, and spent about 20 minutes talking to the people who couldn’t get inside before going in and conducting a 90-minute town hall.