Reply #5: In addition to a great speech,I think the mixed seating helped.

[Phx_Dem]

This time, people actually had to listen and decide for themselves if they liked what they heard rather than relying on the partisan response to guide them.

Let's face it, ALOT of people are clueless policy which is why they so easily believe the lies spewed by the GOP. Most people couldn't pick out the Republicans from the Democrats last night because they were all mixed up so they didn't know if they should be agreeing with the people clapping or the ones who were not.

I can visually identify every Senator and many Reps, but there was one camera shot last night that showed some people standing up and clapping and others not. I didn't recognize a single face so I had no idea which side was clapping and I thought, this is what most viewers are experiencing tonight every time someone claps. They actually had to figure out for themselves if they liked what they heard and, apparently, they did.