State of the Union Gheyness?

I just heard that during tonight's State of the Union address, ie National Waste of Time night, the repubs and dems plan to intermingle in the audience as some kind of show of uber togetherness. Is this supposed to be in response to a guy who killed a bunch of people for no political reason at all? Like a bunch of children putting on a show of unity because they see their parents watching, our elected leaders are going hold hands in the audience as our glorious leader blathers on about "investing in our future" and so on. Have we gone mad? This is just sickening.