[Bubbette]

Maybe it was just me expecting a negative response from the left coast audience, but it almost seemed leming-like. You could hear a few start the clapping and them the majority chimed in after they saw it was ok to back the President and they wouldn't be the only ones.

[michaelt]

One thing that maybe should be remembered is that just because the show is taped in Southern California, doesn't mean the show audience is all made up of showbiz liberal types, and not everyone is SoCal is a mind-numbed liberal. And there are a lot of vacationers in the audience too. I have no idea if the audience is anything like a cross-section of America, but it isn't an awards show crowd either.