FNC...
What are they even talking about? President Obama already has well over a majority support (heck even Fox News has him at 53%). Besides, we just had an election. Obama had a "crushing victory" where millions showed up at his inauguration, and many millions more voted for him. In fact he got more votes than any presidential candidate in history. What possibly is "unclear?"Just as President Richard Nixon built a crushing victory in 1972 on the so-called Silent Majority -- those supposedly well-behaved Americans who did not protest their government -- the current administration seems to be pushing the argument that its support is broad-based and quietly minding its own business.
"A quiet plurality," is how Georgetown University professor Stephen Wayne put it, declining to invoke the specific term for the divisive politics of the Nixon administration.
Whether the Obama administration enjoys, or will soon enjoy, such a plurality is unclear. Public opinion continues to shift. But the administration is claiming that support all the same.
Not to mention, the Obama administration never used the phrase "silent majority." Any reference to Nixon is solely coming from Fox. Just from a quick glance at their site, one gets the impression that Obama is very unpopular and using tactics from a disgraced president to remain in power. They're crazy! Obama's approvals are nearly triple that of George Bush's and never once in 8 years did such a story remotely similar to this one appear at Fox News. You know, enough is really enough.
