When the Music Stops, Sit Down

I like Joe Lieberman, but I think this effort of his in the Senate Homeland Security Committee is a little bit silly:

Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) and Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) are changing the seating arrangements for members of the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, according to Washington Wire.

"For future hearings, Democrats and Republicans won’t sit on opposite sides of the dais but rather, next to each other -- alternating Democrat, Republican, Democrat, Republican etc."

In a joint statement, Lieberman and Collins said "In the last election, the voters said they were sick of the partisanship that produces gridlock… So, as a start, instead of sitting on opposite sides of the room like a house divided, we want the American people to see us sitting side by side as our committee members work together make our nation more secure and our government more efficient."

I think they had to do this so that Republicans could watch out for the Dems and keep them from hurting themselves when information came before the committee that indicates that we're actually winning the war on terrorism.