Fast forwarding to the SOTU speech, it occurs to me that such speeches are chock full of applause lines. In the past, it was possible to know at a glance who was applauding - and therefore agreeing with - the speech.
With everyone sitting together, it will now appear that everyone is applauding.
Smart move for the dems. Bonehead move for the republicans.
Zackly
If we went with who are the smarter politicians, it would without any doubt be the dems!