Joe the Plumber

by Jill Zuckman CONCORD, N.C. - John McCain returned to the Tar Heel state and the Commonwealth of Virginia Saturday to stem the voter tide for Barack Obama, who is vigorously challenging him in these traditionally Republican areas. And McCain......

by Jill Zuckman Melbourne, Fla. - Sen. John McCain, who has been getting great mileage out of Joe the plumber since he brought him up in Wednesday's debate, has finally made contact. McCain spoke with Joe Wurzelbacher, the man who......

by Jill Zuckman MIAMI - Sen. John McCain offered a vigorous defense of Joe the Plumber today, accusing Barack Obama's campaign of "digging through his personal life" because he asked Obama a tough question. "I think Senator Obama could use......

How ironic was it that Sen. John McCain chose the Town of Hempstead as the place to start making ???Joe the Plumber??? into a campaign legend as he attacked Sen. Barack Obama???s tax plan in their final debate? It......

by Mark Silva Can a guy with an unpronounceable name become a star? Wurzelbacher. Sounds like popcorn. How about a guy with a readily recognizable name? Joe the Plumber. The plumber from Ohio may have stood up the Republican nominee......

by Frank "the Blogger" James Joe "the Plumber" Wurzelbacher wasn't where the McCain campaign thought he was going to be today, that is, at a Ohio rally this morning. Sen. John McCain called out for Wurzelbacher and when he......

by Frank James Caught MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann last night and got caught up on Joe "the Plumber" Wurzelbacher's (JTP) doings. I learned he's contemplating a run for Congress, has an odd opinion on where Barack Obama stands......

by Jill Zuckman MIAMI -- John McCain was never supposed to be here, holding rallies, waving to supporters, one step from the presidency. His campaign was left for dead during the primaries, and polls have consistently shown him trailing Barack......

Samuel J. Wurzelbacher, aka "Joe the Plumber," on Fox explicitly questions Obama's "loyalty" to the US and claims that he embraces an "ideology" that is antithetical to "democracy." On the basis of what -- other than the fact that he's......

Sarah Palin reads a letter handed to her Sunday, Nov. 2, 2008 during a rally in Ohio at the Canton Memorial Field House. (AP Photo /Bob Rossiter, Pool) by Jason George CANTON, Ohio -- While the top-of-the-ticket candidates crisscrossed......

Following in the footsteps of Mayor Bloomberg's trip to Israel to squeeze some political advantage out of the latest writhe of human suffering in the Mideast, another pol schedules a pander pilgrimage -- Samuel Wurzelbacher, aka Joe the Plumber:......

by Michael Muskal Joe the Plumber, who became a conservative star in the 2008 presidential campaign by confronting then-candidate Barack Obama, has been elected to a GOP party post in Ohio. Samuel Wurzelbacher, to use his real name, was elevated......