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dr. hfn
02-15-2010, 05:24 PM
State Rep. Sam Rohrer had a pretty interesting idea about how to counter the hoopla of the state Republican Committee endorsement (http://www.pagop.org/news/Read.aspx?ID=3533)of state Attorney General Tom Corbett for governor on Saturday. Rohrer, who is courting conservative "Tea Party" groups in his primary election challenge of Corbett, decided to host a "Mobilize for Liberty in 2010" event right down the hall from the GOP meeting in the Harrisburg Hilton. And to draw attention, Rohrer invited Samuel "Joe the Plumber" Wurzelbacher, the Ohio man who stumped for U.S. Sen. John McCain's presidential election after he confronted then-U.S. Sen. Barack Obama about tax policy in 2008.

But now Wurzelbacher is drawing much more attention for trashing McCain than for what he said about Rohrer at Saturday's event. Here is CNN's take (http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/02/15/joe-the-plumber-lashes-out-at-mccain/?fbid=vgGdP2QLD_N)and here is how PA Public Radio handled the story (http://scottdetrow.wordpress.com/2010/02/13/a-few-minutes-with-joe-the-plumber/). Wurzelbacher whined that McCain "screwed my life up" by using him during the campaign as the face of middle America. He also said he is done with former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, McCain's vice presidential candidate who is now trying to cozy up to the Tea Party crowd.

We're betting that wasn't the kind of news Rohrer was hoping to make with Wurzelbacher's appearance. But as McCain could tell him, political surrogates aren't easy to control.

http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/cityhall/Election_2010_Joe_The_Plumber_Rips_McCain_At_Rohre r_Event.html