Today’s stock slippage was a key talking point on this afternoon’s MSNBC political talk show filmed at Hofstra University. Under an elaborate tent and atop an embroidered rug, host Andrea Mitchell focused on key topics like the economic crisis and recent pole results forecasting the results of the upcoming election.

Greetings from Hofstra University, the site of the third and final presidential debate. Photo Editor Jenn Vargas and I arrived early this morning, eager to get a look at the campus preparing to host one of the most heated discussions in history. In the aftermath of the McCain campaign’s controversial accusations of Obama, and against the backdrop of an increasingly fragile economy, students and mainstream media outlets are gearing up for a talk that can influence the crucial November 4th vote.