And now for some 'civil' ignorance! Any GOP members that fall for this political stunt on the precept that the Dems desire 'civility' (no less using the recent disaster once again for their own purposes) deserve ridicule for it. Call your Sens. and Reps. and tell them DO NOT DO THIS! America needs to SEE the rewards of November.
“Why Dems Want Everyone to Sit Together at the State of the Union” transcript from The Rush Limbaugh Show
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_011411/content/01125115.guest.html
And to cut to the chase of this discussion, here's the REAL reason for Udall's proposal: "For the first time in years Republicans have a noticeable majority in the House chamber during a State of the Union, and what the Democrats want to do here is dilute it so that during obvious Republican stand up lines it's not apparent how many Republicans there are, if they're all sprinkled out among the Democrats."