January 25, 2011, 1:07 pm by Christina Wilkie
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) announced Tuesday morning that not only will she and Rep. David Dreier (R-Calif.) sit together at Tuesday night's State of the Union address, but they will coordinate their outfits.
A spokesman for Waters told ITK that the congresswoman wore a red jacket on Tuesday, and a spokeswoman for Dreier said the lawmker would be sporting a salmon tie with flecks of red. Dreier's tie won't be entirely bipartisan, however: It's got elephants on it, too.
The move marks the latest in a series of announcements about bipartisan seating choices among members of Congress, which taken together have come to resemble dates for a high school dance.
Waters (pictured here in pale green) said in a statement that she was surprised when Dreier invited her to sit with him during the annual presidential address, despite having recently enjoyed a "nice visit" to his office with her husband. Waters said that she had agreed to help find seats for the two of them on the Democratic side of the House.
"I thought, well, why not? Let’s see what this act of bipartisanship means tonight, and more importantly, tomorrow. We have even coordinated our outfits for this special occasion," Waters said.
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