Tapper Mixes Up His Udalls

'Senator Mike Udall of Colorado'

Jake Tapper mistakenly addressed Sen. Tom Udall (D., N.M.) as "Senator Mike Udall of Colorado" Thursday on The Lead:

JAKE TAPPER: Interestingly, there are in fact 33 Democratic senators who have no idea what it's like to be in the minority. They were all elected after 2007. One of them joins me now, Colorado Senator Mike Udall.

The CNN anchor apparently thought he was talking to the former's cousin, Sen. Mark Udall (D., Colo.). Both senators were elected in 2008 and were instrumental in orchestrating today's nuclear option.

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