An apology for the silence and a plea to the candidates.

I have kept my personal politics out of this site for the most part, but after the last 48 hours of inexcusable silence I am compelled to stake out one position.

To Scott Brown, Martha Coakley, or Joe Kennedy: If you win, please insist that Amtrak trains install wireless internet immediately.

Yes, my complete and utter failure of personal scheduling (in this case a mini-reunion with high school friends in Philadelphia the weekend before an election that has consumed my life since September) certainly played a role.  But, with two 6 1/2 hour train rides in 48 hours, I figured I would have plenty of opportunity to blog from the train.  "My MBCR commuter trains have wireless," I reasoned.  "The Bolt bus to NYC has wireless.  Certainly Amtrak has wireless."

Well, you know the rest.  I followed the Senate race relentlessly for 4+ months...and then went eerily silent for two of the three days before the election.  On the bright side, there is so much press surrounding our candidates now that I'm sure you weren't lacking for news on Brown, Coakley, and Kennedy.

There is virtually no time for me to play catch up on what I missed (what's that you say, the President was here?), so you will have to excuse me if I skip any stories that are already dated.

As I gather my bearings, I will post any new information I get from the campaigns and will do a final evening wrap up in the next couple of hours to grab any other big stories you may have missed.

In the meantime, you can join my cause and insist that the candidates endorse immediate wireless internet access for Amtrak.