There are a number of new ads out in the days before the election. Many of them go on the offense, and aren’t available online.

U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Bangor) has a new ad out hitting back at her opponent, U.S. Rep. Tom Allen (D-Portland).

Allen has been airing ads criticizing Collins for voting for the Bush tax cuts and the 2005 energy bill.

“With few accomplishments and sinking in the polls, Tom Allen launches yet another false attack on Susan Collins,” the narrator begins.

The Collins ad addresses the energy legislation, and notes that it was supported by 74 senators, including a majority of Democrats. It says that the tax relief package helped 500,000 Mainers.

“Tom Allen: negative and partisan. Susan Collins: independent and effective,” the narrator concludes.

Allen recently had an ad replaying Collins’ pledge to only serve two terms.

First Congressional District candidate Chellie Pingree (D-North Haven) has an ad in response to one by opponent Charlie Summers (R-Scarborough), which claimed she voted to tax Social Security and raise taxes.

In her ad, Pingree said the Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare endorsed her candidacy, and said the attack was misleading. She then hit Summers for wanting to privatize Social Security, “risking their retirement on Wall Street,” and also criticizes him for extending the Bush tax cuts.

“It’s Charlie Summers seniors can’t trust,” the ad states.

The Summers campaign confirmed Saturday that he no longer supports privatizing Social Security.

CasinosNO! has an ad out hitting the backers for a clause in the Oxford County Casino bill that would give the president of the casino a seat on any Maine board or commission receiving funds from the project.

It shows a shadow of a man. “He might become one of the most powerful people in Maine. The problem is, he’s a Las Vegas executive.” It flashes a few of the boards and commissions involved.

“It’s a bad deal for Maine,” the ad states.

Health Coverage for Maine, the group opposing the people’s veto of the beer, wine and soda taxes, has several ads out. One features a doctor with a child, explaining how just a few pennies on beer, wine and soda will help fund preventive care.

Another ad features small business owner Joan Thompson of Newcastle claiming that Dirigo Health will not survive if the tax is rejected.

She says: “The other side has been telling us that we don’t need to replace the funding for our health coverage system. But last Thursday the Chamber of Commerce filed a lawsuit to get rid of that old funding. We can’t go back because there might be nothing to go back to. Vote no to protect these important reforms. No one should lose health coverage, especially in this difficult economy.”

HCFM’s ads can be viewed here.