"Democratic strategist quite pleased"..."Footage of every Repub sitting going into every 2010 ad."

President Barack Obama started his State of the Union address Wednesday night by going after the low-hanging political fruit: declaring the bailout of the banks to be as popular as a root canal, urging a tax on Wall Street institutions, and touting the tax breaks his administration provided to working families.

For this effort he got applause from just one half of the bicameral gathering of Congress.

The Republican lawmakers in attendance sat on their hands while the president discussed policy provisions that, ostensibly, are very much in their philosophical wheelhouse. At one point, Obama turned to the GOP leadership with surprise: "I thought I'd get some applause on that side," he said.

So, apparently, did others. A Democratic strategist quite pleased with the chilly Republican reception emailed the Huffington Post the following: "Footage of every Republican sitting when Obama talked about bank tax is going straight into every 2010 ad."

WATCH: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/27/obama-takes-crack-at-gop_n_439610.html