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PolitickerMA.com's Jeremy Jacobs and the Boston Herald's Hillary Chabot discussed the ongoing saga surrounding House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi (D-Boston) Thursday night on WGBH's Greater Boston.

Check out the video here.

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Barack Obama is the projected winner of Massachusetts' twelve electoral votes, according to CNN.

With only a handfull of precincts reporting, the Democrat leads in the very early results with 50 percent of the vote, while John McCain has 48 percent.

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The Pindell Report, Politicker.com's political and campaign forecast, has released its final projections for Election Day. Using polling, historical and demographic trends, tracking campaign visits and spending, The Pindell Report ranks races in terms of their competitiveness and their status as either a toss-up or leaning or likely voting in a particular way.

In Massachusetts, The Pindell Report's final break down is as follows:

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Jeremy Jacobs on Fox News Tuesday evening on Fox News, Greta Van Susteren interviewed PolitickerMA.com's Jeremy Jacobs about the recent controversy over U.S. Sen. John Kerry's joke about adult diapers aimed at Republican presidential candidate John McCain -- a crack that's been generating national headlines.

Watch the clip below.

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Massachusetts will again be one of four states with an entirely Democratic delegation as part of a national trend that will net them at least seven U.S. Senate seats and 16 House seats nationwide, according to James Pindell, the editor of Politicker.com's Pindell Report, which provides independent analysis of federal and state races.

One of those Democratic U.S. Senate pick-ups is next door in New Hampshire where Democrat Jeanne Shaheen is poised to defeat Republican incumbent John E. Sununu. In addition, Pindell expects John Kerry to easily win re-election and for Barack Obama to win Massachusetts' 12 electoral votes.

The Pindell Report has the Senate at 58-41, and the House at 252-180. The Senate races in Alaska, and House races in Florida, New Mexico and Kansas, remain toss-ups.

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Be sure to check out PolitickerMA.com's Jeremy Jacobs on Sunday at Temple Beth Emunah's Plymouth County candidate forum. Jacobs will join representatives from inBrockton.com, WXBR radio and WATD radio in posing questions to the candidates running for Plymouth County Commissioner, Plymouth County Treasurer and state Representative for Plymouth's 9th District.

The forum is sponsored by inBrockton.com, the Plymouth County Republican Club and the Plymouth Country Democratic League. It will be moderated by Mark Linde, general manager of Brockton Community Access TV and begins at 12:30 p.m. Tune in for a live broadcast on WATD 95.9 FM. Video will also be streaming at inBrockton.com.

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This morning on NECN, PolitickerMA.com's Jeremy Jacobs spoke about today's primary elections in Massachusetts. Watch the clip below. Read More >

Presidential candidates U.S. Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Barack Obama (D-Ill.) will appear in live back-to-back interviews on Thursday as part of the "ServiceNation Presidential Candidates Forum."

Vote '08: A Presidential Forum, will broadcast from 8 to 10 p.m. on WGBH World (Comcast 209, RCN 94, FiOS 873 and Digital Broadcast 44.2) and will feature discussions with the candidates on service to the community and country.

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It's Massachusetts Winners and Losers for September 5, 2008. CLICK HERE.

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