The blog got a mention in a Portland Press Herald article this morning:
Faircloth put out news releases noting endorsements, including one from a former attorney general and several from district attorneys.
Brautigam videotaped the Pierce Atwood debate and put it up on YouTube, noted blogger Mike Tipping in his Maine Politics blog.
The race has drawn the attention of other Maine media outlets. Newspapers have run several stories, and editorials have suggested changes to how the attorney general is elected.
For those of you just tuning in, here are my thoughts on the race. The Democrats will make their nomination later today.
The Portland Press Herald has been sold to Maine Media Investments, a company owned by U.S. Sen. Bill Cohen, Robert Baldacci and Michael Liberty, according to the Busby-Diamon tag team.
Update: A "purchase agreement" has been signed, but the deal is not yet final, according to today's PPH article.
Susan Collins won the endorsement of the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday telegram this weekend. The editorial board based their decision on Collins' history of bipartisan accomplishment in the Senate.
Also in the paper on Sunday was an article on Allen's difficulty gaining traction in the second district. Talking to local volunteers, it's clear that Collins has a big edge over Allen in name recognition in northern and central Maine.
It'll be interesting to see how the next polls look. A result of 8 points difference or less would be a boon to Allen and show he's closing in. A result going the other way may signal that his advertising isn't working and that the race is out of his reach.
Collins was quick to send a copy of the endorsement to her email list on Sunday.
The Press Herald editorial board came down heavily in favor of Allen's vote on the bailout legislation and castigated his northern colleague.
"Michaud is not expected to have a tough re-election bid this cycle, but that's beside the point. Even if he were in a fight for his political life, there's no excuse for not rising to this serious challenge to our collective well-being."
Gerald notes a fascinating piece by former Blethen reporter Jonathan Kaplan on his own firing and the thinning of substantive national political reporting in regional newspapers.
Rep. Tom Allen, a Maine Democrat, plans to attend his party's convention in Denver next week and is already airing television advertisements in his uphill battle to unseat Sen. Susan Collins come November. He's working hard. But if Maine voters are going to hear what he's doing, and hear what he thinks Collins isn't doing in Washington, he'll have to work even harder.
Incumbents already get most of the breaks, with high name recognition and deep cash reserves. But now there's an even stronger protection program for U.S. representatives and senators: the demise of regional reporters who keep tabs on what those veteran officeholders actually do for the constituents who keep returning them to power.
MPBN has a great roundup of the potential problems that surround the group of investors seeking to buy the Blethen newspapers.
Al Diamon, of course, hasmore, and notes that Michael Liberty once hired a private investigator to track a Press Herald reporter who was writing about his financial difficulties. That reporter was, ironically, none other than Dennis Bailey, now a very high-profile public relations specialist (and blogger) who also happens to be the spokesman for the group of investors.
The pseudonymous author of the Pressing The Herald blog reports that a new coalition of local notables has formed which may purchase the floundering Portland Press Herald and the other Blethen newspapers.
Ex-U.S. Sen. Bill Cohen; his son Kevin; local lightning-rod businessman Michael Liberty; the governor's big brother, Robert Baldacci; and Willkes Barre businessmen/publisher Richard Connor have formed a coalition to negotiate a sale with the wretched Blethens.
This comes as the paper's union works desperately to avert more job losses by asking its members to take voluntary, unpaid vacation time.
In related news, Robert Baldacci and the rest of the governor's family are selling the site of the current Baldacci Restaurant and will be moving it to another location in Bangor, possibly on the waterfront.
UPDATE: After technical difficulties all morning, the Press Herald website now has an article up about the potential buyers.
