This is a sign: Rat runs past President as he talks about Wall Street

[liberal N proud]

Could be a Wall Street Rat? We know Wall Street is overrun with them. :rofl:

Rodent scurries by as Obama lauds Wall Street vote

WASHINGTON - In the midst of his battle with the titans of Wall Street, President Barack Obama was nearly upstaged by a rodent. Obama had just begun a Rose Garden statement lauding the end of a Senate filibuster on his financial overhaul when some kind of rodent dashed out of the bushes to his right, just outside the Oval Office.

As photographers snapped away in the sun-drenched garden, the critter scurried straight past the gray podium with the presidential seal and made a bee-line for another set of bushes to Obama's left.

It's not clear if the president could even see the streaker, but he didn't show any reaction. And he concluded his statement minutes later, returning to his office without answering a few shouted questions on other topics.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37263015/ns/us_news-environment/

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Looks like a vole, not a rat.

[Captain Hilts]

3. Isn't it a little big for a vole?

[handmade34]

7. voles

4-8 inches depending on species

[yellowcanine]

26. It's a vole. Rats have a longer tail for one thing.

[liberal N proud]

4. I am sure it's not a rat but the symbolism is too good to miss

Wall Street rats at the White House

[hlthe2b]

6. It's a shrew!

aka, Sarah Palin.... :evilgrin:

[TwilightGardener]

17. Yep. Rats don't usually live in nice landscaping. Voles and moles do.

[Captain Hilts]

2. That's really cute. I knew the Obamas should have gotten a cat. nt

[rox63]

5. Wouldn't a rat have a longer tail? n/t

[Captain Hilts]

8. Yes, that's correct. nt

[jules1962]

9. Rat? Everybody wants their 15 minutes of fame.

I guess he wanted to make it easy for the Paparazzi.

[Clio the Leo]

10. It's one of these dudes...

.... I heard they served "mole" at the Mexican State Dinner Wednesday ... it's probably just left over from that. (ha!)

[Jennicut]

11. Ack! He is too cute to be a Mexican sauce.

[Clio the Leo]

12. Ha! Gibbs Tweets....

Rose Garden seating a little different for today's event - and no, it's not because of this...
http://twitter.com/PressSec/status/14428085159



He's leaning away from mole and toward rat btw.

[BeyondGeography]

13. The most malnourished "rat" ever

Why does Obama hate rats?

[The Damned]

14. It's Scooter Libby

Treasonous rodent!

[mikelgb]

15. I knew I smelled a rat!

[Jersey Devil]

16. Not much of a rat by NY standards

Looks rather malnourished. Now, here's a rat!

[Beacool]

19. Years ago my company was "ratted" by some union.

Some of us went out and had our picture taken with the rat.

:D

[formercia]

18. The 'rat' is a Dem operative on his way to meet the GOP Elephant.

:rofl:

[Beacool]

20. Experts have concluded that it was a vole.

Apparently rats have much longer tails. Also, that critter has been seen before by the press.

:-)

[Yeahyeah]

21. Cheney's robot spy rat.

[mitchum]

22. Not a rat; it's that shrew Palin once again trying to upstage him

[Enrique]

23. update: Obama has asked for Bo's resignation

Bo's been asleep on the job.

[prolesunited]

25. Not Bo's job

They need a cat

[emilyg]

24. That was Rahm.

[rasputin1952]

27. Looks like rand Paul to me...

Maybe that's why he canceled for Sunday...;)