gingrich called it pius bologna which may be a line we ll hear again. yes. at the time that romney chose ton run again, he had a 54% unfavorable rating in massachusetts. that might have played a role. thank you very much for joining us. and a reminder that cnn will air last night s abc/wmur republican presidential debate tonight. see it at 8:00 p.m. eastern. next, when politics meet tragedy, are some pundits going too far in talking about the death of rick santorum s baby?
rick santorum s political career will be ending soon. he will go to the republican convention next year not as a candidate but as a fox news contributor again. santorum has traveled all of iowa, and he s still gaining no traction. there s a reason for that. then of course, santorum finished in a virtual tie in the iowa caucuses. how could news outlets make this mistake again and fail to scrutinize santorum s record in the process? mitt romney faces skeptical questioning despite winning iowa because his margin was a measly eight votes. what does did say about your candidacy that you actually won fewer votes than but in 2008, and you fought rick santorum to a draw? perhaps the press is just trying to keep this race alive? plus, we ll talk to the political director of the dominant tv station, wmur, about covering the nation s first primary as a local story. i m howard kurtz and this is the new hampshire edition of reliable sources. the media narrative here in new