I don't know much about Ryan Bundy or his family other than what appears in the news, and there's a mixed picture of them there at best. I'm sure he will be fighting an uphill battle in the governor's race, even in Nevada.

As you say, though, anyone who is willing to honestly and sincerely talk about liberty and freedom is welcome and a breath of fresh air in an otherwise polluted and toxic political environment.

I live in Oregon (though not in the area of the Malheur refuge), so that was plastered all over the media here for the time it was happening. I think for the most part people were sympathetic, but Bundy and some others brought an out of state element to it that those same folks didn't seem to appreciate. I would think in any battle over property rights all hands on deck would be welcome, but apparently not.