Al Diamon notes that, despite press releases and web reporting that occurred well before print deadlines yesterday, no Maine newspapers picked up the story about Susan Collins' monetary links to indicted senator Ted Stevens. He asks "If it wasn’t a lack of time that kept the story out of print, was it a lack of reporters? Or a lack of interest?"

If it was a lack of interest, the national press doesn't seem to share their ambivalence. The story has been linked to today by Politico.com, Talking Points Memo, and ABC News.