Democrats have a lot to worry about if this week’s recall vote in Wisconsin was a bellwether for November’s election. But there’s another problem that might be even more worrisome for Barack Obama: the economic crisis in Europe and its potential spread across the globe. If the upcoming election is all about America’s economic fortunes, what’s a president to do?

Chrystia Freeland, editor of Thompson Reuters Digital, and David Frum, columnist for Newsweek and The Daily Beast, hash it out with moderator Matt Miller and Robert Scheer on this week’s “Left, Right & Center.”

— Posted by Alexander Reed Kelly. Follow him on Twitter: @areedkelly.

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