Tonight on the show:

It’s The week that was with Jonathan Alter & Free-for-All-Friday!

That means everything's on the table.

What's the verdict on the verdict of the debate, the bailout - ?

Are Americans, as EJ Dionne says today in The Washington Post, “increasingly uneasy about the gamble they might take by putting Palin a heartbeat away from the presidency”?

And with the economy shedding jobs in record numbers – the September jobs stats are in and they're not good – will that bailout passed by the House today help?

We'll start tackling this news with our regular Friday guest, Jonathan Alter, Senior Editor and Columnist for Newsweek, and the author of Between the Lines: A View Inside American Politics, People, and Culture

And with the National Security Network's Deputy Policy Director, Max Bergmann.

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