With all the intense, persuasive, and sometimes bitter writing going on around here, it's time for the fun fact of the day.
Genealogy experts have traced the ancestors of the candidates and it turns out that Sarah Palin and Princess Diana are tenth cousins. Palin and President Franklin Roosevelt are ninth cousins once removed.
It's been known for a while that Obama is related to Vice-President Dick Cheney, but now it's also been found out that he is a distant cousin to Brad Pitt.
Palin may be related to Princess Diana, Roosevelt | Politics | Reuters