Watch Michelle Obama repeatedly mess up Democratic candidate's name
"I've been traveling too much."
Fox News reports that that was Michelle Obama's apology to an audience on Friday night, after she repeatedly messed up Iowa Democratic Senate candidate Bruce Braley's name. Obama called him "Bruce Bailey" repeatedly, before a member of the audience finally shouted out and corrected her.
Watch the flubs in the video, below. --Sarah Eberspacher
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Sarah Eberspacher is an associate editor at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked as a sports reporter at The Livingston County Daily Press & Argus and The Arizona Republic. She graduated from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.
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