Joe the Plumber Gets Elected

Samuel “Joe the Plumber” Wurzelbacher isn't a scrappy political outsider anymore: He's a newly-minted member of the Republican Party Central Committee of Lucas County. He was elected to that post by a landslide tally of 38-23, the Toledo Blade reports. No, as far as we can tell, those aren't abbreviations, the vote was actually 38-23.

The turnout may have been so low because the position ain't that exciting. Wurzelbacher is one of 397 members of the little-known committee, which exists mainly to provide foot soldiers for GOP candidates. (More Samuel Wurzelbacher stories.)