CNN has seen thousands of e-mails released this year from the governor’s office that show that Todd Palin was copied on hundreds of them. The topics of the e-mails ranged from public criticism of Sarah Palin to her meetings with corporate leaders.

Andrew Halcro, who ran as an independent against Sarah Palin for governor in 2006 and is a critic of the Palins, wants to know why Todd Palin was being copied on state correspondence.

Halcro wrote a blog post about Todd Palin called “Shadow Governor” and says, “Todd plays the role as kind of the fixer.”…

Alaska lawmakers say Todd Palin is a fixture at the state Legislature. So much so, some say they’ve joked about getting buttons that read, “What would Todd do?”