Joe the Plumber: Most talked about tradesman in US

HE WAS just an ordinary Joe, now he is the most talked about tradesman in America.

Joe Wurzelbacher’s name was not only raised 26 times in the final presidential debate, yesterday he hosted a political news conference outside his house.

And all because “Joe the Plumber” asked a question of Barack Obama’s tax policy during a weekend walkabout and was told if he earned more than $250,000 a year he would be asked to “spread the wealth around”.