Brian Beutler argues that, despite the focus by some media on how the present dire economic situation will “affect the electoral prospects of the presidential candidates,” actual voters probably want more useful information:

From where I sit, though, we're witnessing a series of events that might lead to a fundamental restructuring of the financial sector--risk tolerance, jurisdictions of federal agencies, closing loopholes in existing regulations, etc--and voters might also want to know how these guys have voted on related issues, which one was best buds with Charles Keating, and so on.