My friend Barbara’s hairdresser, Jackie, a confirmed Kerry-ite, has come up with the best political line I’ve heard this election season. In re all the visits from W and Kerry and media attention that Ohio has been deluged with as a swing state, he said, “I’m gonna vote for whichever one of them stays away from here and leaves us alone!”

You can’t beat that. Not even with a stick. But for more wisdom…