Those of you who watched the debate last night between John McCain and Barack Obama heard quite a bit about Joe Wurzelbacher (aka, Joe the Plumber) who was catapulted to fame last night by Sen. McCain’s frequent invocations of his struggle. While Sen. McCain’s incessant references to the Ohio plumber may have been a tad off-putting, no one can say it didn’t make good TV. But the Politico’s Ben Smith is reporting that Mr. Wurzelbacher, will have little influence on next month’s election. According to Ohio’s voter files, Joe the Plumber isn’t even registered to vote!
Good job McCain! Maybe next time you should make sure those undecideds you pander to are actually registered before you wink to them on national television!
UPDATE: Ben Smith has corrected his earlier report, saying that "The Ohio press reports that [Mr. Wurzelbacher] is registered to vote, under a slighlty misspell[ed] name."
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