Why, in light of the financial meltdown currently underway, the topic of the economy and Wall Street have been nearly invisible on the campaign trail. He, “can't believe how small a role our economic crisis is playing in the campaign coverage.”

Here's our hunch: The press doesn't care about that issue because it's not fun. Polls are fun to cover. VP picks are fun to speculate about. The chronic sickness of Wall Street? Not so fun so, prior to today, it was shoved into the shadows.