[Mo1]

"Has anyone checked voter registration records to see if Clarke is actually a registered Republican, as he claims to be?"

According to Sid ... Clarke voted for McCain in the 2000 primaries

No mention of the general election

http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2004/03/25/clarke/index_np.html

(Clarke, in fact, voted for Republican Sen. John McCain for president in the Republican primaries in 2000)

[Texasforever]

(Clarke, in fact, voted for Republican Sen. John McCain for president in the Republican primaries in 2000)

That explains a lot. McCain is also one that bites the hand that feeds him.

[kcvl]

Well I can't tell if McCain is a Republican or Democrat so that doesn't really mean anything. Besides having Sidney Blumenthal trying to tell the the truth is about like trusting Bill Clinton with interns.

[NYCVirago]

According to Sid ... Clarke voted for McCain in the 2000 primaries
No mention of the general election

According to his testimony today, he only registered as a Republican in 2000, and, as you pointed out, that was to vote for McCain. But as far as the media is concerned, he's a lifelong Republican, the way Kevin Phillips is!

[Qwinn]

That's interesting.

Here's his political donations.

http://www.opensecrets.org/indivs/search.asp?NumOfThou=0&txtName=Clarke%2C+Richard&txtState=VA&txtZip=&txtEmploy=&txtCand=&txt2004=Y&txt2002=Y&txt2000=Y&Order=N

Both persons in questions were running for office as Democrats, one in Missouri and one in Minnesota.

Qwinn