I just now got a robo-call from Governor Tom Vilsack asking me to vote for Senator Leonard Boswell. Who? I admit I had to use Google to discover that race was in Iowa. How did they get my number? ~Emily Esterson, Showdown ’06 (reporting from Albuquerque)

Apparently the GOP has been robo-calling my house in Albuquerque to ask my parents to support Bob Corker.  Harold Ford, watch out!  That GOTV effort is really intense!  Two words for the robo-calling maestros of both parties: area codes.