Since they both ended up with jobs in D.C., this was bound to happen. I'm told that Peter Welch and Martha Rainville, once each other's nemesis of the campaign trail, bumped into each other last weekend during plane travel.

I don't know the particulars but I suspect they were cordial to each other because a) that's how people usually are when they cross paths even if after they spent months plotting each other's demises; b) they had one of the most cordial open-seat campaigns in America; and c) you can get kicked off a plane pretty easily these days so picking a fight was only going to delay them.

If, in fact, they ended up in seats next to each other for the D.C.-Vermont flight, now that would have been an interesting, if uncomfortable, ride.

- Terri Hallenbeck