This is all ancient history by now, but for those who still reminisce about the ’08 campaign, you may recall that it was the now-defunct Obama tax plan (let the Bush tax cuts for wealthy Americans expire) that got such a rise out of one Joe The Plumber.
Obama wanted to “spread” that wealth around, Sam Wurzelbacher, envisioning a brief, semi-lucrative gig selling kitsch to tea partiers, wanted to keep as much as possible. Looks like he’ll get his wish — so presumably they’ll bury the hatchet.