Patty the PR pro: Owner of small PR firm questions president, lands on cover of The New York Times

Out of the way, Joe the Plumber. During a town hall meeting, Patty Briguglio, owner of the small PR firm MMI Associates in Raleigh, N.C., pressed President Obama last week on the taxes small businesses will pay for healthcare reform. Her stern, but good-natured insistence led to a photo opportunity that landed her on the cover of Thursday’s New York Times .