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Published: 12/2/09

Joe the Plumber: A Campaign Issue Again

By  Matt Lewis - Politics Daily
Joe the Plumber: A Campaign Issue Again

Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, aka "Joe the Plumber," first caught our attention in October 2008 when he met and questioned then-Sen.Barack Obama, who was campaigning in his Toledo neighborhood, about his plan to "spread the wealth." Now, Joe the Plumber has become a defining issue once again, this time in the 2010 race for attorney general in Wurzelbacher's home state of Ohio. Last year, Wurzelbacher became a symbolic "everyman" -- at least for conservatives -- after Sen. John McCain mentioned him several times during a nationally televised presidential debate. McCain referenced him so many ...

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