State of the Union Address 2011

So assuming that you have already seen the State of the Union Address, here are some of my thoughts.
Let's start with the most obvious one: Bipartisan seating...
This is the first time we have ever seen Congress sit with each other, rather than split by friends and party. One who may have been very skeptical of this idea may assume that this was done to cover up Obama's seemingly one-sided appeal. What I mean by this is that last year it was more than obvious that only the Democrats were cheering and standing up at virtually all of the point that President Obama made, while most of the time the judges and Republicans remained seated for the majority of the hour, and couldn't wait to get out of the room. Last year's address came to the point where Obama made the comment, "I really thought you guys would stand up for that one."
This year's State of the Union Address was quite the contrary, and most of Congress agreed with Obama's points. This probably made Obama feel more confident with what he was saying, and much of what he said wasn't extremely liberal. He made the point that it was good that there is some disagreement, and I totally agree with that. If everybody liked Obama and no one disagreed with anything he said, the country would turn into a Communist nation, and it would become a disaster. If everyone disagreed with him, though, the country would be rioting like the Middle Eastern protesters.
Anyway, one of Obama's points was about education. He did a nice job connecting education with jobs, but he was so general, it would be hard for anyone to disagree with him. He mentioned getting rid of the bad teachers and said to everyone. "Those of you who want to become teachers, our country needs you."... Or something among those lines.
Another point that he mentioned was using 90% of independent energy by 2035. This is good that this is the goal, but he made it sound like everybody in that room believed global warming exists. Sadly, this is not true, because Republicans who believe that global warming is a political tactic for Democrats refute any idea that has to do with global warming existing. The President used the term "independent energy source" to kind of satisfy what both sides wanted to hear, but I still feel that without him being in office, his goal, not the nation as a whole, will not be achieved.
Sadly I never got to hear what Republicans had to say about his speech, but from the looks on their faces, the reactions with what Obama said varied. Some Republicans in the room had a shocked and disgusted look on their faces, while others did not as much. Obama and everybody in that room knew that not everyone likes him, but at the same time, Republicans such as John McCain don't totally hate him. Obama has wanted to work with Republicans since he first got into office, but I think that maybe the bipartisan seating may have given the President the hope that he had about working together with everyone. He seemed a lot more comfortable with what he said, and didn't care as much about who agreed with him or not in the room that everybody was in. That being said, there are still sadly people in America who will always hate Obama, and if not hate, just think he's a Communist, which he made clear he was really trying not to be.