"He will assure the American people that they should be confident that economic officials are aggressively taking every action to stabilize our financial system," Perino said. "The Treasury Department, the Federal Reserve and the FDIC all have the necessary tools to address the problems we are facing."

I can't be the only person who regards this as pathetic, ridiculous, silly, and not at all reassuring. I really would like to meet the person who will regard themselves as being more confident after Bush's speech than before.

Arf (Quick on the trigger there, Bow, you haven't heard the speech. Oh, I have.)