Matt Ortega

Governor Sarah Palin (R-Alaska), the Republican vice presidential nominee, released her tax records from fiscal years 2006 and 2007. But if you asked the Washington Post and Politico what economic class the Palins would fit into, the answers would vary.

Washington Post: “Palins’ Assets Are Worth Up to $2.1 Million.”

Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin and her husband, Todd, have assets worth up to $2.1 million, and they paid $24,738 in 2007 income taxes on total income of $166,495, which came from her salary as governor of Alaska and money he earned as an oil worker, fisherman and snowmachine racer, documents released by her campaign yesterday show.

Politico: “Tax returns show Palin’s middle class.”

Since presidential aspirants began disclosing their tax returns, no candidate has released filings quite like those that Sarah Palin made public Friday afternoon.

The IRS filings, covering 2006 and 2007, bolster the Republican vice-presidential candidate’s frequent assertions about her family’s membership in the middle class, albeit in the upper end of the class.

Apparently the Politico shares Senator John McCain’s idea of “middle class.”