Calm before the storm? I seriously doubt the BLM and the rest of .gov is just giving up on this one.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/nevada-cattle-rancher-wins-range-war-federal-government/story?id=23302610
As Scout noted, the Harry Reid/Chinese connection is getting MSM traction, the turtles the BLM claims it's protecting have grown so numerous the BLM is culling them..
Getting people digging into how the BLM is really a political tool and not simply "land management" could wind up being a much bigger loss for the BLM and those they really serve (hint - not "us") than any win from kicking the rancher and his cattle off.
I also haven't seen any serious de-bunking any of the rancher's claims his family has been grazing cattle in the area since before there ever was a BLM. That would run afoul of the broader base of Americans sense of fairness.
At any rate, the guy's gone from being a cranky freeloading crackpot, to someone who might have a legitimate gripe, and has been resisting political and business manipulation to get the land in just the past 24 hours of the news cycle.
Still not worth starting Civil War II over..
However, even if you assume the worst characterizations of Bundy are true for the sake of argument, the fact so many are rallying around him shows the utter contempt so many people hold for the BLM and the fed.gov.
Can't say I blame them.