Surely it was only a scheduling mishap that forced reporters this morning to decide whether to attend a speech by Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., or a breakfast meeting with Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark.

Pryor spoke at the daily Arkansas delegation breakfast just a few minutes before Lincoln hosted journalists at a restaurant across town.

Surely the senators wouldn’t want to make reporters — especially reporters for companies that only have one man in town, *ahem* — choose which senator to spurn.

The senior senator? The freshman who is up for re-election? The intimate reporters-only roundtable? The breakfast speech intended for the state’s convention delegation? The eggs benedict? The french toast? Oh, the choices!

Well, after days of prayer for the wisdom of Solomon, it turns out the choice for this blogger really didn’t matter.

Ultimately, it was Denver cab company that made the decision. After a 45-minute wait for a cab that never arrived, the ruminating over which event to attend seemed pretty worthless.

Yes, the missing taxi meant both events were missed.

AWOL cabs are the latest in a series of transportation indignities here in Denver.

There has been traffic on a Sunday that made a 15-minute errand a 2-hour ordeal. The commuter rail line runs only when there’s nothing in the street to block it. A hotel shuttle service seemingly only operates within a 5-block radius and, even then, apparently not after sundown.

So here’s hoping the eggs were tasty, Sen. Lincoln! Hope they kept your coffee warm, Sen. Pryor!

It’s off to the Pepsi Center now. It may be time to try hitchhiking.

Tags: Blanche Lincoln, Mark Pryor, transportation problems

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