Senator Mark Udall (D-CO) botches MLK quote - Michele returns the favor.

by Rob Janicki

When things are going badly, Murphy's Law says the chances are it will only get worse.  And it did.  Senator Udall is now trailing Republican Congressman Cory Gardner, and his gaffe introducing First Lady Michele Obama didn't help elevate his campaign image.  Not to be upstaged by Udall's gaffe, the First Lady went on to make her latest political gaffe, and it was substantial in that it illustrated that all she knew about Mark Udall was what someone in her entourage put before her.  If I were that person, I would be updating my resume' immediately.

“I’m so proud of our country,” Mr. Udall said to the crowd. “We showed that Dr. Martin Luther King [Jr.] had it right, which is that in America, at our best, we judge people by the content of their color.”

“The content of their character, not the content of their skin. I got it right. I got it both ways!” Mr. Udall said enthusiastically.

Mrs. Obama had her own gaffe during the event when she seemed to confuse Mr. Udall with his Republican rival Rep. Cory Gardner.

She praised Mr. Udall’s Senate record and touted him as a “fifth-generation Coloradan,” according to Fox News. 

Here's the problem with the First Lady's comment.

But Mr. Udall is not a fifth-generation Coloradan. He was born in Arizona where his father, former Rep. Mo Udall, served as a Congressman from 1961 to 1991.

Mr. Gardner is a fifth-generation Coloradan, and frequently mentions his families deep rooted history in the state.

The polling numbers show a substantial trending for Cory Gardner and against Mark Udall.  Depending upon the poll, Gardner is leading Udall by more than 3 points and in some cases by 5 or more points.  What is also interesting is that Republican mail-in ballots are outnumbering Democrat mail-in ballots by a considerable margin.