Virginians Cantor and Scott to sit together for State of the Union
By JR Hoeft | Tuesday, January 25th, 2011 | PolicyU.S. House Leader Eric Cantor (R-7) will be joined by his friend and colleague Rep. Bobby Scott (D-3) tonight for the president’s State of the Union Address.
Breaking with precedent, Republicans and Democrats agreed to “sit across the aisle” tonight to show a degree of harmony in what is traditionally a pretty acrimonious place: the U.S. Capitol.
The demonstration of solidarity follows the murders in Tucson, AZ that critically wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.
Unfortunately, earlier today, Cantor learned that he had been rebuffed by the Democratic Leader, Nancy Pelosi.
In our view, Cantor lucked out.
Bearing Drift will be bringing you reaction from tonight’s address via podcast around 11 p.m. Guests include Reps. Rob Wittman (R-1) and Randy Forbes (R-4).
Update: In the video, Cantor previews the GOP response to the president’s address.
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12 Responses to "Virginians Cantor and Scott to sit together for State of the Union"
Smart move by the dems to hide the size of the opposition from the cameras.
I guess if the Speaker sat with the President of China, there’d be a great Hu and cry…
Silly wabbit…
When Joe Wilson inevitably cries out “you lie”, there’ll be a democrat there to hit him with an elbow.
See.. its one big happy family afterall
Obama just doesn’t want everyone to see how his party has CHANGED from last year.
BPM- after last year, I’d think the Republicans would want to be in charge of choking him out.
“Breaking with precedent, Republicans and Democrats agreed to “sit across the aisle” … The demonstration of solidarity follows the murders in Tucson, AZ that critically wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.
Didn’t Pres Obama himself say that incivility and political rhetoric had Nothing to do with the shootings. And yet I hear a constant parade of elected Dems and their paid flacks in the media making that very connection over and over again After his speech but limited to conservative speech. Have I missed any rebuke by Obama Pelosi and Reid of the constant hate speech by Dems After the speech? Did I miss the Dems offering to cross the aisle when they won in 2006?
I don’t want to unduly magnify the weakness of Repubs fostering this festive occasion to cement the link between their rhetoric and the shootings. All I ask is that Repubs use the occasion to ask these questions of the Dems before agreeing to their requests. I think my feelings are similar to many Reagan Republicans who are tired of Repubs accepting the premises of people who show contempt for the American system.
The one potential gotcha in this will only work if Repubs sit in their seats the whole speech as they should except for a tribute to Rep Giffords. When the Dems stand up by themselves all scattered, they will appear even smaller than they would have looked grouped together because the cameras can’t focus on one side of the chamber.
Monk: “When Joe Wilson inevitably cries out “you lie”, there’ll be a democrat there to hit him with an elbow…… Vaughan: “after last year, I’d think the Republicans would want to be in charge of choking him out.”
What Joe Wilson said was out of order and socially impolite at the occasion but at least it was accurate. Dems proved that when they rushed to amend the Obamacare bill after the fact. Which Dems who routinely make false and impolite statements are going to be silenced by their fellow Dems?? Obama has called for more civility after all.
Good start. I commend Scott and Cantor. THe whole delegation should follow their lead and sit together.
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SE VA: you know, given that the parties don’t really need proximity anymore to control their folks — they’ve got Twitter after all — it would probably makes sense to seat Congressmen and Senators by state instead of party all the time.
Well, I guess that is one way Rep. Scott can finally get on TV!
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