The Palins: She’s Clearly Republican, He’s Undeclared

Susan Davis reports from St. Paul, Minn., on the presidential race. Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is a life-long Republican, but her husband, Todd , is not. Amid false reports that the governor had left the Republican Party briefly in the 1990s for the Alaskan Independence Party, John McCain ’s campaign released today Palin’s voting registration records as proof of party loyalty. The Associated Press reported the director of Alaska’s Division of Elections confirmed the governor’s registration—she has been a Republican since 1982. However, her husband twice registered in 1995 and 2000 with the Alaskan Independence Party, a states’ rights group. Since 2002 Todd Palin has been undeclared with a political party. Tidbits both large and small about the Palin family continued to trickle out today in media coverage of the little known Alaskan governor who will formally join McCain on the ticket this week. News Monday that her unmarried 17-year-old daughter, Bristol , is pregnant has ... (link)