But it seems that voters - for now at least - are far more concerned about who will extract them from the current economic crisis, than any questions about political infighting in far-off Alaska.

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If anything, the economic crisis gave millennials an opportunity to be more honest about what was already the case.

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The news this past week, including this morning's news about Citigroup, has made it even more clear that we are facing an economic crisis of historic proportions.

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