Novak couldn't even look into the camera when he said:
Novak:...last week, I'm,.. I misspoke when I said that ahh...the new republic, democratic national chairman...
He was so flustered that he confused the two parties. You'll notice that he didn't try to put a tag line on it this time either. Maybe because there were a few democrats in the room? With Judy Woodruff he was able to spin it to make it look like Howard Dean wasn't staying within the party line.