There will be a lot of attention tonight on who is sitting with whom in the U.S. House chamber, as President Obama gives his second State of the Union Address.

For some lawmakers, the idea of not dividing the parties by the center aisle makes sense, all to try to foster more bipartisan cooperation in the Congress and at the White House.

"We're turning the page," said Sen. Mark Udall (D-CO).  "This is a new start.  This is a re-set."

"Sitting together tonight is a step in the right direction," added Rep. Paul Gosar, a Republican from Arizona.

But not everyone on the GOP sides feels this is the greatest idea in the world, as some Republicans think they are going to get boxed in by the news media because of it.

"I think it's a ruse," said Rep. Paul Broun, a conservative Republican from Georgia, who told me it's just a "kissy kissy" invention of Democrats.

"When the President proposes some of the stuff that I think he will propose, which is bigger government spending, and the Democrats jump up to applaud, if they're interspersed with Republicans, it won't be as apparent," said Broun.

And even some Democrats think it's a little much.

"I have not participated in this frenzy," said Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) with a big smile.

"I'm glad we're doing this, but look - this is window dressing.  At the end of the day, the question is tomorrow, tomorrow are we seeking out compromise."

The best estimates are that about 60 lawmakers have State Dates (as I'm calling them), but it wouldn't surprise me to have more than that as we look at the House floor tonight.

One interesting note about this whole State Date thing - one of those who has given it a big boost was almost pleading with reporters to put less focus on it tonight.

"Don't spend the whole evening focusing on who is sitting next to whom," said Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), who said all the maneuvering for dates reminded her of "8th grade."

I took a look at the video from last year's speech, and some of the cutaways were interesting to see who was sitting where.

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), not viewed by some GOP'ers as a reliable Republican vote was almost as far away from the center aisle as possible, just a few seats away from the ultra-conservative Sen. Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma.

Just over from Inhofe was Sen. George Voinovich (R-OH), derided by conservatives as another Republican In Name Only.

Last year, Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) sat between two more conservative Republicans, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX).

They were just a few rows behind the entire Obama Cabinet, which was seated on the Republican side of the aisle.  Does that make them suspect?

Meanwhile, the Supreme Court justices were on the Democratic side of the aisle.  After last year's jab by President Obama at them, it will be interesting to see who shows up from the High Court.

Check back later today for more on the speech, and follow me on Twitter tonight @jamiedupree for even more updates.