Heartache: Pelosi already has a date to the SOTU

Nancy Pelosi turned down House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's quest to be be her SOTU sweetheart. Is Barney Frank still available?

(The Hill)- House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) invited Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to sit next to him at the State of the Union address — but the former House Speaker says she’s already committed.

“I thank @GOPLeader for his #SOTU offer, but I invited my friend Rep. [Roscoe] Bartlett from MD yesterday & am pleased he accepted,” Pelosi tweeted.

The invitation from Cantor was made Monday evening through staffers for the two leaders, spokesman Brad Dayspring said.

Am I the only on who thinks this is just silly theatrics?