wikipedia says he was an (R)
You find crooks on both sides, always have and always will. However the difference being is that more often than not you will find more crooks amongst the socialists. That’s the reason one of the Freepers surmised him to be a socialist, unfortunately it happened to be a misguided crooked republican.
But the difference between the Republican’s and Dem’s in this case, even though there are many more, Republican’s aren’t circling the wagons trying to convince the people that this guy is really nice, he didn’t mean to do it, it was all a mistake, he should be given a second chance, it was an accident, it was nothing more than a clerical error.