First Dude: Courting the snowmobile vote

Alaska's First Dude is no first dud when it comes to politics. Todd Palin, husband of Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, is out there hitting the campaign trail where it counts -- with the critical snowmobiler bloc.

Of course those of you hip to the snowmobile scene already know what I'm talking about. Yes, Todd Palin manned the booth for Arctic Cat snowmobiles at the Hay Days Grass Drags snowmobile event in Forest Lake, Minn.!

This is not only good exposure for Todds, and of course, Arctic Cat snowmobiles, but it is shoring up an often looked group of voters. And just in case you thought he was just going about business as usual for the four-time winner of the grueling Tesoro Iron Dog snowmobile race, check this out from the Wall Street Journal's MarketWatch.

"Todd has wanted to come to Hay Days for 15 years, and we were proud to have him at our booth," said Christopher Twomey, Arctic Cat's chairman and chief executive officer.