Joe the Plumber

Joe The Plumber Slams 'Asinine' Biden

Posted 05.24.2012

Samuel Wurzelbacher, commonly known as "Joe the Plumber," went after Joe Biden on Thursday, calling the vice president's comments on Mitt Romney's pri...

Joe The Plumber Tries To Get In White House, Can't

Posted 05.02.2012

Samuel Wurzelbacher, also known as "Joe The Plumber," recently visited the White House but couldn't get in. Wurzelbacher, who served as a McCain s...

Allen West Gets Behind Joe The Plumber

Posted 04.28.2012

Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, more commonly known as "Joe The Plumber" for his role in the 2008 presidential campaign, won the endorsement of Rep. Allen...

Joe The Plumber Blasts HuffPost

Posted 04.19.2012

Samuel Wurzelbacher, better known as "Joe The Plumber" from the 2008 presidential campaign, criticized The Huffington Post for its coverage of him in ...

Joe The Plumber Dealt Big Rejection

AP | DAN SEWELL | Posted 05.27.2012

CINCINNATI — Federal appeals judges Tuesday rejected a lawsuit by "Joe the Plumber" that claimed his rights were violated by a state records sea...

Michael McAuliff

John McCain Congratulates Joe The Plumber

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 03.13.2012

WASHINGTON -- Sen. John McCain elevated Sam "Joe the Plumber" Wurzelbacher to minor celebrity status during McCain's 2008 presidential campaign -- a s...

Joe The Plumber Goes After CNN Interviewer

Posted 03.08.2012

Samuel Wurzelbacher, more commonly known as "Joe the Plumber" from the 2008 presidential campaign, appeared on CNN Thursday morning following his GOP ...

Good News For Joe The Plumber

AP | By JULIE CARR SMYTH | Posted 03.07.2012

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- An Ohio plumber thrust into national politics during the 2008 presidential campaign has won the Republican nomination in his home st...

Joe The Plumber Likely To Win Republican Nomination In Ohio

The Huffington Post | Anna Staver | Posted 03.06.2012

Joe the Plumber is back, possibly as a congressman. America's most famous (former) plumber, whose real name is Joe Wurzelbacher, is running on Tues...

Zach Carter

Hilarious CPAC Livestream Bloopers

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 02.15.2012

WASHINGTON -- HuffPost spent several hours livestreaming interviews with attendees of last week's Conservative Political Action Conference, talking to...

Sara Kenigsberg

'Joe The Plumber': 'I Don't Have To Try' To Stand Out At CPAC (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sara Kenigsberg | Posted 04.11.2012

WASHINGTON -- HuffPost's Zach Carter and Howard Fineman on Friday spoke with Joseph Wurzelbacher at the 2012 Conservative Political Action Conference....

Sam Stein

Herman Cain: 'There Really Is' An Ubeki-beki-beki-beki-stan

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.10.2012

WASHINGTON -- Former presidential candidate and pizza magnate Herman Cain gave a classically Cainsean speech Thursday on the opening day of the Conser...

Joe The Plumber Picks Up Endorsement In House Run

The Huffington Post | Anna Staver | Posted 01.31.2012

Early voting in Ohio's primary election began Tuesday with news that Joseph Wurzelbacher, also known as Joe the Plumber, had received an endorsement i...

Amanda Terkel

Dennis Kucinich Makes Big 2012 Decision

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 12.29.2011

WASHINGTON -- Two longtime Ohio House Democrats will face off against each other in 2012, victims of a redistricting process that combined their congr...

Joe the Plumber Rides Again!

David Macaray | Posted 12.31.2011

David Macaray

Those who followed the 2008 presidential campaign will remember Joe the Plumber. He was the man John McCain invited up on stage and attempted to portray as the symbol of America's "noble working class."

Arin Greenwood

San Diego Man Launches New Protest: 'Occupy Pennsylvania Ave.'

HuffingtonPost.com | Arin Greenwood | Posted 12.27.2011

WASHINGTON -- The third planned occupation of the nation's capital, Occupy Pennsylvania Avenue, has an unusually restrictive set of rules. The prot...

Jason Linkins

Late Returns: For Perry, There's An Upside In Going Birther

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.26.2011

At first blush, Rick Perry's brief foray into birtherism sure looked to be another unforced error from a hapless candidate who's gone from frontrunner...

Joe The Plumber On Communists, Socialists, Anarchists In Occupy Movement

Posted 12.26.2011

Sam 'Joe the Plumber' Wurzelbacher sat down with MSNBC Wednesday, fresh off his official entrance into the race for Ohio's 9th congressional district,...

Joe The Plumber Could Become Joe The Congressman

AP | JOHN SEEWER | Posted 12.25.2011

TOLEDO, Ohio — Joe the Plumber is plunging into politics because he thinks it's about time America had a few mechanics, bricklayers and, yes, pl...

WATCH: O'Donnell Clashes With Joe The Plumber

The Huffington Post | Rebecca Shapiro | Posted 12.14.2011

Lawrence O'Donnell took a trip back to 2008 on his Thursday show, clashing with the man famously known as Joe the Plumber. The man also known by h...

'Joe The Plumber' Makes Decision On His Political Future

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 12.10.2011

Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, more commonly known as "Joe The Plumber," filed a statement of candidacy to run in Ohio's Ninth District Thursday, accordi...

2008 Election Celebs: Where Are They Now?

POLITICO | Posted 10.21.2011

To the bystander, the contemporary political campaign is a frightening juggernaut that careens unpredictably through randomly-chosen American towns; m...

Sarah Palin, My President

Deepak Chopra | Posted 08.16.2011

Deepak Chopra

There would be many chances for unique moments in the White House if Sarah Palin were president. How about Sarah on horseback, ringing bells like Paul Revere did, shouting, "The Democrats are coming!"

Jason Linkins

Joe The Plumber Gets A Teevee Show

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

There's good news for all you fans of Samuel J. "Joe the 'Plumber'" Wurzelbacher today. Dave Weigel reports that the folks over at the Right Network ...

Progressive Push Back to Eliminate Tax Cuts for Rich

Chuck Collins | Posted 05.25.2011

Chuck Collins

The small business community has pushed back against claims that letting the tax cuts expire would hurt small business.