With only four weeks left before election day, the economic crisis isn’t going away. On Friday, the government reported that 159,000 jobs were lost in September – the worst one-month drop in more than five years. Far from what Phil Gramm called a nation of whiners — increasingly, we ‘re a nation of job seekers.

And much as the Congress and the Administration want Americans to believe that Washington’s passage of a $700 billion bad asset buy-up plan will help, Asian and European stock markets aren’t buying it — they plunged Monday fearing a global crash.

What have we learned in recent weeks about our economy and our electoral system?

Denis Kucinich, who steadfastly oposed the bail out while 58 of the members who first voted against it switched, said, "This is an outrage. This was democracy’s Black Friday.” The bill included more than $100 billion in corporate and personal tax breaks. But Nancy Pelosi called it critical for average Americans. Both Obama and McCain voted for it. What does this say about the power of the voter?

Here to discuss the economic crisis and presidential politics are ARUN GUPTA, KAI WRIGHT, and MARK WINSTON GRIFFITH. 

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