WHAT SEAN HANNITY WAS HOPING FOR

(h/t Dave Weigel)

His media career is in decline so I imagine he needs a Big Story to put himself back in the game and that's why he was so excited about Cliven Bundy:

I-Team: Police faced possible 'bloodbath' at Bundy protest
Posted: Apr 30, 2014 3:16 PM Updated: Apr 30, 2014 4:55 PM
By George Knapp, Chief Investigative Reporter

LAS VEGAS -- Approximately 30 Metro officers stood between a crowd of 400 heavily armed, self- described militia and the federal employees who had gathered a few hundred head of Bundy's cattle. As the crowd swelled and tempers flared, many in the crowd tried to goad the police, hurling taunts and insults.

"They had no respect for authority. Everything that you can think of to call a human being, animals, everything," Jenkins said.

One person in the crowd even asked Jenkins if he was ready to die.

"I don't know his name. He was wearing a Pittsburgh Steelers jersey. I'll never forget that," he said.

Shuttling back and forth between the Bundy forces and BLM was Assistant Sheriff Joe Lombardo, who'd been left in charge by Sheriff Doug Gillespie. He was trying to keep everyone calm.

"It was a scary point in itself. They were in my face yelling profanities and pointing weapons. The Bundy son himself, that I was negotiating with, Dave, he did not do that, but all the associated people around him did do that," Lombardo said.