by Josh Drobnyk and Mark Silva
ST. PAUL -- Barack Obama has put the Pennsylvania Republican delegates here in stitches over getting the name of the Penn State University mascot wrong today.
Not what you want to be doing in a state where the GOP is hammering you hard for being out of touch.
To most sports fans, they're the Nittany Lions.
Obama, during a stop in Pennsylvania today, called them the "Nitally lions" as he called on someone during a question-and-answer session.
"It's a gift that keeps on giving," said one GOP official.
John Kerry gave Republicans a similar gift it 2004
The Democratic Party's 2004 presidential nominee fumbled the name of the hallowed grounds on which the Green Bay Packers play, Curly Lambeau Field.
Kerry called it Lambert field.
(AP photo of the fumbling Kerry by Laura Rauch)
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