The Kennebec Journal endorsed Senator Collins for reelection today:

As Washington Post political reporter Shailagh Murray writes, if the Senate Democrats have 57 or 58 votes post-election, "the most powerful people in the Senate will be a handful of Republicans like Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins, along with Joe Lieberman."

And that means a lot for Maine. A thusly empowered swing-voting Sen. Susan Collins will simply be able to do more for Maine than a newly elected Tom Allen, member of the Democratic majority. She also would be able to temper the excesses of a Democratic majority.

The KJ joins the Portland Press Herald, Portsmouth Herald, and Ellsworth American in their support for Senator Collins.