Bipartisan Romney? Not So Much

During the debate Romney played his ability to work across the aisle while governor.  The New York Times did a little fact checking and found the claim lacking.

But on closer examination, the record as governor he alluded to looks considerably less burnished than Mr. Romney suggested. Bipartisanship was in short supply; Statehouse Democrats complained he variously ignored, insulted or opposed them, with intermittent charm offensives. He vetoed scores of legislative initiatives and excised budget line items a remarkable 844 times, according to the nonpartisan research group Factcheck.org. Lawmakers reciprocated by quickly overriding the vast bulk of them.

He had a very bad relationship with the Democrats who had an overwhelming majority in the legislature and virtually none of his programs ever saw the light of day.

By 2004, the second year of his term, Mr. Romney was provoked enough to mount an unprecedented campaign to unseat Democratic legislators, spending $3 million in Republican Party money and hiring a nationally known political strategist, Michael Murphy, to plan the battle.
The effort failed spectacularly. Republicans lost seats, leaving them with their smallest legislative delegation since 1867. Democratic lawmakers were reported to have been deeply angered by the campaign’s tactics.

So just another exaggeration or lie from Mr Romney.  There is a good reason Mr Romney didn't run for reelection - he was going to lose badly.