Who Is the Real Joe the Plumber?

Election 2008 has a favorite everyman: "Joe the Plumber," whose name was mentioned 26 times in last night’s debate. Joe, it turns out, is a real person—Joe Wurzelbacher, from Holland, Ohio, whose 6-minute conversation with Barack Obama about taxes was fodder for McCain's attacks. "It's pretty surreal, man, my name being mentioned in a presidential campaign," Wurzelbacher said. You’re tellin’ us. After some confusion, it turns out that Joe the Plumber is registered to vote.