Austerity measures already implemented under the terms of an earlier Greek bailout forced large cutbacks in public employee payrolls and left thousands of Greece out of work. In addition, public employees still on the job have seen their wages cut and retirees have seen their pensions scaled back.

Greece's economy, already stagnating ahead of austerity, is now virtually in free fall.

Young people in Greece have been hardest hit with unemployment among working age people under the age of 25 at a staggering 53%. Not surprisingly, many of these out-of-work young voters are looking for a change in political direction and now support Syriza.

Late in the week, as the Sunday elections approached, a third possibility emerged beyond the status quo optimism provided by a win by the pro-austerity New Democracy party or the projected chaos predicted by a Syriza win.

There is growing sentiment that