I find it strange.. for the first time in my life of watching the State of the Union speech (and as a dorky kid I even watched it then) I never remembered Congressman and Senators being asked “who are you sitting next to?” .. It’s strange, and weird.. and maybe a part of the whole “unity” thing that we are being told is the issue of the time. But I still would much rather seeing one side of the room applaud while another side sits. I think divided government is not only fun, but also at times productive. Bill Clinton’s Democratic White House worked with a Republican Congress and the economy boomed–and it may very well happen again with Obama.
But never mind that. Does Obama dye his hair? And will people who sit next to each other talk about it.
