[Dinah Lord]

This is purely a campaign speech unworthy of the Rose Garden setting.

Who is in the Rose Garden audience for this tirade?

[Oldexpat]

I can’t stand watching or listening to him. Reading about it is bad enough.

[Owen]

FY2012 Continuing Resolution is pending.

THERE MUST BE $300 BILLION DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR FY2012 SPENDING CUTS FOR EVERY DOLLAR OF CR. NO CRs WITHOUT MASSIVE SPENDING CUTS.

[AGreatPer]

"Who is in the Rose Garden audience for this tirade?"

They invite quiet bodies from the Old Executive Office Building and the Treasury Dept. that are next door.

While no instructions are given, they know to just shut up and come back after an extended lunch.

[maggief]

"Who is in the Rose Garden audience for this tirade?"

U.S. President Barack Obama talks about cutting the U.S. deficit, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington September 19, 2011. Obama will lay out a plan on Monday to cut the U.S. deficit, striking a populist tone aimed at galvanizing his Democratic Party base ahead of the November 2012 election.

Reuters Pictures 13 minutes ago

http://www.politico.com/politico44/perm/0911/obamas_remarks_on_deficit_sept_19_2011_b3f6b892-3159-47d4-b11d-e54661e0debb.html

FROM THE TOP: President Obama enters the Rose Garden at 10:56 a.m. Administration officials in the audience include Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, OMB Director Jack Lew, National Economic Council Director Gene Sperling and senior adviser Valerie Jarrett.