state of the union

President Obama's 2011 State of the Union (titled "Winning the Future") focused heavily on all political parties working together -- Republican and Democrat congress members even watched in a mixed seating arrangement, rather than occupying separate sections of the House. Obama also announced his administration would move forward with health care reform, work on immigration law, build in

Did you watch or listen to the State of the Union last night?  If you did, you probably found it different from previous State of the Union Addresses.  According to ABC.com

With the upcoming State of the Union address, Montana Congressman Dennis Rehberg had this to say about his perception of the role of elected officials in his press release this morning. “In a representative government, the role of the elected official is to listen first, and then act.