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Massachusetts: Michael Moore

February 27, 2009 - 01:36 pm
NEWS FEED: Blue Mass Group

Looming financial apocalypse at the Pike

By David

The details are mind-numbingly complicated, but it turns out that, due to a brewing perfect storm of factors, the Turnpike Authority may soon find itself on the hook for a loan payment of nearly $400 million.  Needless to say, it doesn't have that kind of cash lying around, so the question of whether the state needs to step in to guarantee the Pike's massive debt (thereby hopefully staving off the giant payout) was discussed at a Senate hearing yesterday.

The deal involves mysterious instruments called "swaptions," as well as a bond insurer called Ambac whose share price is currently under a dollar, our bankrupt friends at Lehman Brothers, and the

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Mon, 11/03/2008 - 10:46

Neal on the U.S. Senate, Kerry joining an Obama administration and competitive State House races

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

Congressman Richard Neal said Sunday night that he isn't interested in pursuing the United States Senate, that he isn't sure if John Kerry would join an Obama administration and that he is focused on a couple state House races in his 2nd Congressional District.

In a brief but wide-ranging phone interview with PolitickerMA.com Sunday, Neal, a Springfield Democrat, said the speculation surrounding whether Kerry would be tapped for a cabinet spot in an Obama administration is "a bit premature."

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Sun, 11/02/2008 - 21:52

Kerry’s pre-election schedule

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

While his Republican challenger, Jeff Beatty, went to three sign standouts Sunday, U.S. Sen. John Kerry was in Washington D.C. Sunday morning to appear on NBC's Meet the Press. According to his campaign, Kerry returned to Massachusetts immediately afterward and attended a get out the vote rally in Shrewsbury with Congressmen Richard Neal (D-Springfield) and Jim McGovern (D-Worcester). State Senate candidate Michael Moore, a Millbury Democrat who is running for state Sen. Edward Augustus' 2nd Worcester seat, was also at the event.

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Fri, 10/10/2008 - 11:55

McGovern to campaign for Moore

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

Congressman Jim McGovern is planning to attend several events for state Senate candidate Michael Moore in the run up to the election, his office said this week.

[img_assist|nid=21|title=Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Worcester)|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=180|height=144]Michael Mershon, a spokesman for McGovern, told PolitickerMA.com that since McGovern is unchallenged this year, he is devoting a lot of energy to other campaigns in his district and Barack Obama's presidential campaign.

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