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It is the republicans that are trying to scare people. The economy is turning around. My IRA is back up by 14K in the last two months. There are fewer jobs being lost and many are now finding jobs. The housing crisis is turning around as well. Why anyone would listen to republicans is beyond me as it is they who got us here in the first place. They want to start more wars and lower taxes and starve the beast so that people continue to have no health care, no Social security. The republicans are the party of "I've got mine" greed and they are the party of the past.

She is such a nothing and a nobody. Why doesn't she just shut up??? She can't even run her own family. I really cannot stand her.

Alex hasn't been living in the real america in a long time. There isn't an Obama experiment going on. The American people went to the ballot box and we elected him to do what he is doing. We want him to fix health care, we want to fix the energy and environmental problem and we want him to fix education. At the very same time we want him working on Iraq and Pakistan and the middle east. We hired him. We expect him to do what he said he would do and we expect lawmakers to follow his lead. Alex...you are on CNN because you talk alot, not because you listen alot.

"beginning to scare people"...yes, his detractors are scared that Obama is beginning to deliver results

While I agree that our health care system is in need of reform, I do not think we should have government run health care. It doesn't work in other countries and it will certainly not work here. It seems our government now wants to run everything, not just health care. I am beginning to agree, this is all starting to scare people. I feel like one day we will all wake up and find we have no rights or choices at all.

Wow – the Republicans haven't learned anything.

They are reverting back to scare tactics as a way of countering the health care reform. .... nice. ...

You better believe that Obama's experinentation is scarying people.

GOP criticises absolutely everything Obama does. I am sure this guy will still be criticizing if he does it differently

", if that doesn’t work, we’re also talking about human lives. We’re also talking about the quality of our health care.”... forgot to mention that the USA is about 34th in the world for the quality of health care ... not the cost – just the quality.

Anyone who believes that the insurance companies don't already "ration" health care and stand between doctors and what doctors decide is best for the patients have not been paying attention.

Insurance companies don't care if you live or die just as long as they make a generous profit.

Here we go again.....the same old tactics of trying facilitate scare votes for GOP candidates from America. The only majority of Latino Republicans are within Cuban-Florida districts of the U.S., and they remain "out of the loop" from reality. This is why their demographic remains the only group of GOP supporters around. They're more concerned with getting back at Fidel Castro because he took businesses away from their Grandparents in Cuba some 40 years ago. This is a different day....get over it !!! First of all, America has always been scared, since the start of our war against terrorism. It's natural to be scared during a time of war. But we must stay focused to prevail. Any human being is "lying".... if they state they aren't scared of war. It has nothing to do with Obama. Next....what would the GOP know about being scared of recession ??? Every recession within the last thirty years happened; as a GOP president was leaving office with our deficit in the deficit in the red.... you think that was an accident ???? yea...right...
While every Democratic President left office with our deficit in the black (surplus). The GOP wasn't SCARED about Ponzi schemes 8 years ago... when Senator Phil Gramm deregulated banking rules...were they ???? This is how out of touch Mr. Castellanos is...

So the executives and CEO's of our insurance companies who collectively get bonuses in the billions, say they will not permit the 60-70% of Americans who want a National health program to have it? They OWN our health care? What?? To scare us they (the millionairs) tell us it would be -Gasp, socialism. Horrors.
Europe- yep them- have Universal health coverage for EVERYONE. And get this. Their per capita cost is less than ours, and we have millions un-insured. Medicare is effeciently run. No large saleries at the top. No giant bonusus. Do you think there might be a connection? Robber barrons using the scare tactik on us. They want it to sound like it is Communism. Europeans have as much freedom as we have. They care about human values not the right to exploit. The Robber barrons do not care about democracy, only the right to make money no matter how much it hurts the average person.

The modern world history has witnessed that every socialist or communist country has failed miserably. Obama's experiment on socialism will likely suffer the same fate.

Actually, I'm beyond the "scared" regarding Obama and his "experiments". I'm now at the angry and disgusted part. Now it's time to get him out of the White House. Now what must be done is vote him out of office. He's already harmed this country and it will take years before it can be fixed, but with the grace of God Obama will be out in 2012 and we can begin to fix the damage he has done. Hopefully, fix it before the next generation takes charge of this great county of ours.

Can the Repubs explain why Cheney was so scared to stand the elections so as to continue these policies he so much cherises?
Was he afraid of circular swiftboats?

John King is just a less psychotic version of Glen Beck. Castellanos is just a Republican toe-sucking stooge.

These dismal sycophants are Republican operatives paid to do the bidding of the industrialist fat cats who want to continue to bleed America for corporate profit. If Obama doesn't stop their parasitic destruction of this country, America will become second to China, maybe third to China and Russia. You have the Republicans to blame for that.

The first step to save America is to provide for our citizens, stop the economic plundering by the Healthcare (oxymoron) industry.

WHAT A JERK.... Ya we'd rather go back to the lies and corruption of the Bush administration with domestic spying, torture, illegal wars, and whoring for the oil corporations as its hallmark.

It scares capitalists. But not socialists.

I'm not scared, Mr. Castellanos, I'm excited and full of hope for this country.

The people it's scaring are Republicans. And for good reason, because they know if they keep up the same old cr*p as usual, their days are numbered.

Doing the same thing over and over while expecting different results is one definition of insanity.

We have tried the Republican model, with notable failures. It's time to try something else.

What? No comments from the Obama bin Lyin' "let's bankrupt the country" lemmings?

but we were already scared silly the past eight years? bush, rumsfeld, cheney, rove, rice....they never stopped telling us how much danger we were in! two holy wars being waged in america's name?

the "scare" is over.

We've been pandering to the interests of big business for the past 25 years: the economic crisis we are in now is the result of deregulation and trickle down economics, the wealthy have grown richer and jobs and growth have trickled down to countries like India and China. It's about time that Americans take back our economy and health care is a good place to start. You notice that the insurance industry is already spending millions of their profit on a media campaign to tell us what a bad idea health care reform is.

She can slam all she wants. We'll see if her slamming does any good come next presidentual election.

What's scaring people is the complete ineffectiveness of the republican party to show any kind of care for the national situation above their ideology of "no" to anything that helps the average citizen in the long run. They need to concentrate on figuring out (not to hard) how to "fix" their platform. Namely, inclusiveness and trying to understand it is no longer the country or the world of 30 years ago.

The only thing that scares me is that the Republicans could stumble back into power somehow. Obama isn't changing things fast enough for me.

Or they are scrared if Obama's programs do work the Repubs will be out in the cold.

President Obama is only doing what he was elected to do as far as health care is concerned.

The GOP Extremists are only focused on Fear and War mongering. They couldn't negotiate with anyone not like them or create even the 'concept' of a health plan for anyone but themselves. The more ignorant a person is, the more fearful they are of everything around them they don't understand.....the more dangerous they become to everyone not like them. Religious/Political Extremist 101

The only people scared are the Republicans mostly because of the confidence of the American people in the President and the fact he will Succeed,The doom and gloom they are hoping for will not come to fruitation.Go ahead have another sip of the kool aid, every thing will be all right.

Yeah, Obama is beginning to scare people, the insurance companies, the oil companies, the rich greedy republicans, and so called far 'RIGHT".

Truth is, if they're not fearing it now, they will be. Obama and his socialist regime continue to play the blame game. They want to continue to push this on the prior administration. But it isnt the past administration who is spending like crazy and trying to nationalize any industry that plays into their socialist plans. They are putting us on a very dangerous edge. Even with the mess left by the Bush administration, you dont have to spend and take over corporations to resolve issues. You didnt need the self appointed messiah obama and his socialist disciples to take GM down. They would've gone that way on their own, or maybe they wouldnt............but we could've saved a lot of money and taxpayer pain by letting the market determine that answer. Its the same issue with the banks..........let the Fed determine the insolvent banks and close them. You didnt need to spend billions doing it like you did.

Another example of the Fear-based Republican party's prowess at misleading. These amateurs still don't understand that the status quo would be a devastating recession far worse than it is?

These amateurs really believe the U.S. Health Care system is good? Have they ever been in a public Hospital? Millions of Americans can't even afford Health Insurance.

Complete, complete disconnect from reality Mr. Castellanos.

Face it, some people enjoy living in fear! Period!

It is the economy stupid, but the Republcians still taking about war defense. They have no solutions if it don't related to war, but they call themself christian party. God said the poor will be with us for a live time, but the Repubicans hate the poor and would live to kill off the poor if they had their way because the poor cut into their war money.

Right from the mouth of a "Republican strategist"... They don't know the mindset of the real American. Do you really want to know what scares us? The ridiculous costs of healthcare and how it got out of control to begin with.

Scare who exactly ? Your right extremist base ? I feel very safe and happy with President Obama, thank you.

The republicans rather spend billions of dollars on war and war only. Repubicans all expense, if they were still in charge, would only be on war defense and will cut all other programs for the people of the USA. Republicans hate American people and love WAR!

The only people getting scared are Republicans looking at their bleaker than ever prospects for 2010 and the forseeable future.

No the Republicans are the scary ones. The love to put fear and us Americans but we are to smart for thier old tricks. RAPUBICANS ARE THE TALIBAN OF THE USA.

The impending fight on Capitol Hill over health care had BETTER be long and hard! NO MORE shoving things down our throats because "the president" has set an arbitrary date by which HE wants something done (like the Porkulus). We do not have to serve HIM! He has to serve US!

BEGINNING to scare people ? Those of us who voted for McCain, voted less for McCain, than against the very scary Democrat party. We've been scared of the Democrat leadership for a long time, and our fears are spreading.

Alex Castellanos has never been right about anything and I don't see why CNN ever ask him questions. I thought they had finally dumped him.

Hey Alex (the dummy),

You want us to stick with what has been working the past 8 years?

And yes, our government has intervened. But have you questioned why? Would our government intervene, had our economy been humming due to the brilliant Republican plans of the past 8 years?

Stop criticizing others from trying something new, especially when what you (and the loony, gun/religion clinging Republicans) have done to our country the past 8 years!

– from someone who voted for Reagan!

Ok, and the alternative idea was...what? We're waiting.

Scare whom? The repubs? Why because the repubs don't have a clue? Why does the public option on health care scare the repubs so much? I would wager that a lot of people are out of work, regardless of their political party affiliation, and without health care. What actually did 8 years of stupid do for us that you are so proud of?

The Sheep are stirring as Obama's Chickens are coming home to roost.

Wake up America!

46% of our debt will be interest only, 25% owed to China – Obama is an idiot.
Jack C
WA

It's better to fail when trying to something than it is to succeed at doing nothing.

“I don’t think this is a long term solution..." Donna Brazile says about "the Obama administration’s unprecedented intervention in the economy and private industry."

Yeah, right!

When has the US government ever surrendered a power once it has been seized? We're saddled with an enormous, intrusive, insanely expensive, government because Washington has repeatedly usurped powers "reserved to the states respectively, or to the people" by the Constitution and never surrenders them.

The only thing I distrust more than Big Business is Big Government. At least Big Business can't throw you in jail for refusing to cooperate with them.

Alex means that it's beginning to scare the far right of the GOP. I haven't heard one person complain that the government wants to fix this mess. So I guess if the right wing nut jobs like Palin, Alex, Rush and friends are so upset, I guess it means Obama is doing the right thing.

Spend spend and spend and take over private industry ! That's Fascism folks....am so glad did not go along with his crap as he's heading us to "down under". Obama is a good teleprompter reader, but naive, inexperienced and lives in a world of his Dad.
Jen B
WI

More fear-mongering and paranoia from "the other side".

If nothing is tried, nothing gets done – like the last 8 years.

Idiots.

Till you have lived without insurance and had health care issues, you do not know what you are talking about. It frightens me much more to not be able to afford medical care because of not having insurance. My husband lost his job last year. His new employer does not offer health care, because of pre-existing conditions we can not touch any insurance. Maybe we could afford a better programs if so much pork did not go directly to congessmen and women. They do not need their salaries for life. Most are wealthy going in and if not they are by the time they leave. Once they leave office thier salary should not continue, neither should any health care benefits. I do not know anyone who gets to keep a lifetime salary and benefits when they leave a job. This is an affront to the average working person.

Don't suppose Castellanos provided any evidence that people are 'scared'? You know, polls and such like? Of course not, because he's a bag of hot air afflicted with the common Republican disease of thinking the whole country thinks like he does. The election last November proved how wring he is. Healthcare reform was a big part of President Obama's platform, and he won comfortably. As Republicans were once so fond of pointing out, elections have consequences.

not quite as scary as the GOP back in power.

Can we the GOP stop running on fear? I need health care, not more missiles, bullets and war!

Rs should've helped fix healthcare in 1994 instead of streaming in with their Contract on America and blocking everything President Clinton was trying to do. Then that would be one less problem President Obama would have to try to solve on top of every-freeqin'-thing else.

In that it's now gotten about 15 years more expensive and out of hand, perhaps we could have less dismissiveness about "experimentation" and more input, decision-making and problem-solving?

Healthcare in this nation is a huge problem affecting potentially every American - certainly the most vulnerable Americans - and no one will be more welcoming of a workable solution to our problems, be it from Rs or Ds, than the president himself, and that's the truth.

You mean the Obama experiment is scaring Republicans. Because maybe that have nothing new to say about anything??

List of people it should scare:

Right wing Republicans
For profit health insurance companies
Big time polluters
Anyone who lives off Middle East instability
Terrorists
Criminals

List of people the agenda should not scare:
Pretty near everyone else.

John King is biased to the right. What kind of ticker item is this, CNN? Is the entire network becoming Fox-Lite?

The overwhelming majority of the country is in support of Obama's policies. "The Obama Experiment"??????? Get real, CNN. Obama is our country's REAL PRESIDENT. This is not a test, this is not an experiment, yet John King's show is REALLY bad no matter how you spin it.

This ticker item is way off base.