A world-class opportunist; a nondescript senator from Wisconsin who rode the US's post-WWII anti-communist hysteria to great fame before being exposed as a shallow huckster by his embarrassed colleagues - after the Republicans had gained the White House and Congress, he was no longer an asset. He's also the prototype of many a modern politician; when you see a pol get mucho face time demagoguing a single issue like abortion, family values, tax cuts, or the Right to Arm Bears, think of Joe.