Senate leaders are seriously considering modifying the traditional,divided seating arrangements for President Obama's upcoming State of the Union address.
In the wake of the Tuscon shooting (previously23), Senator Mark Udall (D-CO) proposed the change, arguing:appears to be embracing the idea. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has offered that his "members can sit where they are comfortable."
The State of the Union is notorious for scenes like Udall describes above, and excessive partisanship has been a particular concern in previous Obama speeches before Congress.
In the wake of the Tuscon shooting (previously23), Senator Mark Udall (D-CO) proposed the change, arguing:
"The choreographed standing and clapping of one side of the room -- while the other side sits -- is unbecoming of a serious institution. And the message that it sends is that even on a night when the president is addressing the entire nation, we in Congress cannot sit as one, but must be divided as two."The Democratic leadership
