Q My question, really, was the same -- Rose Garden this morning, Rose Garden tomorrow. Some of the television commentary after his address this morning was along the lines of, look, even as he was standing there, in 10 minutes the Dow went down another how many points.

MS. PERINO: Look, on Monday when he spoke in Columbus*, the Dow went up while he was speaking, then it went down at the end of the day. I think that this constant 24/7, every minutia that you can imagine, looking at these markets, is just something that I can't worry about, okay. I will make sure that the President is able to talk to the American people as often as he thinks is responsible in order to let them know what we are doing to make sure that we help solve this problem.

And I can guarantee that if we weren't out there, that those same people who on Tuesday tell you, "Mr. President, we need you to get out more," on Wednesday, "Oh, my gosh, well, maybe not" -- "Oh, well, maybe you should go out" -- it's erratic. And what we are trying to do is be measured, responsible, innovative and push -- and pushing very hard to make sure that the Treasury does it right, does it fast -- does both of those things at the same time -- but that we don't waste a single taxpayer dollar as we try to implement this huge package.

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