Todd (Palin) and me: Tracking the ‘first dude’ through the wilds of Minnesota

Reporting is generally not considered an extreme sport. On most days the only physically exhausting duty I engage in is making (repeatedly ignored) phone calls to Sen. Norm Coleman’s campaign. But it’s not every day that you are tasked with covering Todd Palin — champion snowmobile racer, “First Dude” of Alaska, oil field worker, commercial fisherman, former Alaska Independence Party member and spouse of the potential Vice President of the United States.