ben domenech, publisher of "the federalist" ." and eric.or not the state of the union can go as planned. it's quite an undertaking. chad pergram tweeted this. "from a pelosi spokesperson, the office of the speaker has been contacted by a furlough dhs employee who expressed serious concerns that the department has insufficient staffing levels to sufficiently manage the security needs of the upcoming state of the union due to furloughs of critical staff." then. >> i have to say this is kind of a ludicrous conjecture given we are going to see a couple events taking place in the couple days in washington, d.c.. the march for life on friday, women's march on saturday, both of which have significant security concerns themselves, particularly given the locations are going to be. the idea that this is a security-based decision is just laughable. i think the media and any other contact, if it were speaker john boehner or speaker paul ryan saying there wasn't enough security during shutdown to allow for president obama to give the seed of the union a