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President-elect Barack Obama warned of dire and long-lasting consequences if Congress doesn't pump unprecedented dollars into the national economy, making an urgent pitch Thursday for his mammoth spending proposal in his first speech since the election.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D95J4DV00&show_article=1

I think in this case Obama is a fear supplier, which is somewhat contrary to his original "hope" election platform. It would be interesting to consider politicians and the public as players in an emotion supply-demand market.