After watching the State of the Union last night, it always amuses me how 1 side of Congress will stand up and clap every once in a while, while the other party stays down. Has there been a time where a President gave an address but was universally panned by his own party

by Redtube_Guy

Vice versa, has there been a President that was so universally loved that both parties often gave standing ovations? To add to the title, has there been a time where a President would either get boo's and a lukewarm response majority of the time?

Also, why do some of the congressmen clap & stand while others just sit down? Is it to show support for their own party, or is it just to suck up to the boss and hopefully he sees you to keep you in good favor?

shiav

Its inside of 20 years, but Clintons speaches were generally pretty universally accepted. Im on mobile so i have no sources, but really what your looking for is bipartisan presidents, speeches, or eras. So if you wanted to look into this further, you might look at war time/immediately post war time (think late fdr and truman). Reagan mightve had one, Bush senior too after the wall fell.