Extreme fringe?

Today's New York Times editorial says that the President's speech "was a victory for the fear-stricken fringe of the debate". In fact, I think it's the Times that is at the "fringe of the debate". Their support for an open borders, multicultural/multilingual America is far further from the mainstream of American views than that which the President mapped out last night. The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Arizona Republic and New York Daily News all more or less say the President has pitched it just right. The New York Times is so far removed from mainstream America that it doesn't recognize it's at the fringe.