Inside the Chamber: A Subdued State of the Union

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Human Events:



President Obama’s State of the Union address this year was unusually tepid, with even the Democrats looking unimpressed and disinterested.

The entire seat of the U.S. government sat inside the House chamber for the annual address, but there was not much energy in either the Democrats’ support or the Republicans' opposition.

The two parties mixed up their usual seating this year for the first time, in a symbolic gesture of bipartisanship.

The Democrats who sat on the Republican side of the aisle were easy to spot because they were the only ones who stood up when Obama called for more government spending and raising taxes.

And the Republicans on the Democrats' side were easy to spy when they stood up alone when Obama called for an end to earmarks and for tax reform. The GOP responded particularly enthusiasticaly when Obama called to "simplify the system. Get rid of the loopholes. Level the playing field."