From what I saw, it built from maybe 20 people standing and clapping, to the entire room. And no, they were not standing to leave.
C'mon wreckhog;
Your account is very distorted, the standing O did not start with 20, it appears the whole Democrat contingent rose as a body..and no, it NEVER spread to the whole room..that's wishful thinking on your part, trying to paint everybody with the manure the Dems are now wearing. We see Kerry, Reid, atty gen Holder, Homeland defense chief Napolitano, secy of state Clinton and just about all the Dems doing the hand-slapping and standing thing. We know the two major political are on opposite sides on this issue. The standers & sitters were about evenly divided...so the answer is self-evident. ...See for yourself;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLt3GgDQgVY One would think atty genl Holder would be concerned about upholding the state & federal laws concerning ILLEGAL aliens, making sure first that the federal government was upholding the laws concerning ILLEGALS..
One would also think the homeland security chief would be most concerned with the security of our homeland.
One would also think secy of state Clinton would be verey concerned with foreign leaders who attempt to dictate law making to one of our 50 states. (not 57 states)
Of course, the two "pop up puppets Pelosi and Biden, as might be expected.... were doing their usual overenthusiastic, teeny bopper demonstrations...idiots !