Closing Arguments?

Rep. Allen faces the camera and delivers what sounds like his closing argument: He links Sen. Collins to President Bush while embracing Democratic solutions on the economy and Iraq.

One gets the sense that Susan Collins and her allies have an ad or two in the can that they haven't yet released.

In these last 18 days, it will be interesting to see if the junior senator pivots, even slightly, from her issue-skirting, bipartisanship-trumps-all message to something a bit more substantive.