This question is worthy of a double post:
Why did you, as a republican, watch his speech?
Obama said:
And to my Republican friends, I say that rather than making wild claims about a government takeover of health care, we should work together to address any legitimate concerns you may have
Most of the wild claims he’s referring to either were in the bills or still are. According to Obama, as a republican, it is your job to lay down and take any change that he and the democrats want to push out on the American people. If you have a legitimate concern, you may voice it, but it will be ignored.
Obama said:
Instead of honest debate, we’ve seen scare tactics. Some have dug into unyielding ideological camps that offer no hope of compromise
It’s hard to compromise when the democrats want only their way. Anything other than their way means the republicans aren’t compromising enough and are using “partisan tactics” to get their way.
Need I remind you that they’ve changed the rules on this so they can break a filibuster with 51 votes? Their goal is to get the public to support this, which they aren’t. Right now support for healthcare reform is lower than it was back when Hillary was pushing it through.