IT’S OVER BETWEEN US, PHIL — STOP CALLING! Sitting here in the last few minutes I’ve gotten three calls in a row from Phil Bredesen, the Democratic candidate for governor. Two were recordings. One was somebody trying to get me to vote, I think — I hung up before they had a chance to get into the spiel. I’ve gotten several calls from Phil over the past couple of days, and I’m almost starting to wonder if this isn’t a clever Republican plan to irritate voters and turn them against him. If so, well, it’s clever.

UPDATE: Hey, the President just called and asked me to do my “duty as an American” and vote tomorrow. I think there was more about who I was supposed to vote for, but I hung up. I wanted to keep the line open if Phil called back. . . .