You're not from Massachusetts, are you? You don't know how people think here. Half the state would have voted for a dog or a donkey if it ran under the Democratic label. Which is pretty much what they did the last time.
But why "disgraced"? Bush left office with a 22% approval rating. Was he disgraced? Harry Truman's final approval rating was also 22% or 23%. He has people who think he was right and a great president. Depending on who you talk to Cheney left office with 29% or 13% approval. Disgraced?
Romney left the state disgraced, with 34% approval and unable to win reelection.
After being the fourth Republican Governor in a row, Mitt Romney and his 34% approval turned the office over to a Democrat for the first time in many administrations.
Over his very long political career that single term in office was his only victory and it ended badly, and it represents his entire governing history.