if we could do at washington what we are doing at state level we could solve the problems. romney dismissed the notion that michigan out of reach. the last time is republican presidential candidate carried great lake state was 1988 when it carried four more electoral votes than it does today. due to the population shift. bret: rare for candidate to directly refute a v.p. vetting story. he called out abc news by name and called it entirely false. bret: thank you. you can see sean hannity s interview with governor romney and his wife ann that james mentioned at the beginning of the piece tonight on hannity 9:00 p.m. eastern time. straight ahead. brit hume on the problem with special counsels. later increasingly icy relationship between ol cold war foes russia and the u.s. [ male announcer ] don t miss d lobster s four course seafo feast,