Where is the Support?

On the tenth, at Auburn University, President Bush performed at a rally to gain support for his controversial Social Security overhaul plan. Strangely enough, the majority of the audience at this and other presidential rallies has been hand-picked from people who already support the President's plan. According to the Associated Press, only thirty-seven percent of American citizens support the President's privatization proposal, with very little chance of a sudden updraft of support in the near future. Apparently, Bush feels that by broadcasting raucous cheering for his plan, he will gain massive support within only a few days for a plan that is so vehemently degraded that many members of his own party in Congress refuse to touch it, for fear that their constituents will tear them apart.