"Dem Bones" on Bradley Rees' Announcement in the 5th CD

Dem Bones has excellent coverage of Bradley Rees' announcement for the Republican nomination in the 5th Congressional District to challenge Tom Perriello for his House seat in 2010. According to Dem Bones:

...Rees, presumably unchanged from work, was wearing blue jeans, a t-shirt, and a button-up shirt ... to the official announcement of his candidacy. These images, naturally, symbolized Rees' desire to be seen as a working man, one of us, fighting against the "pretension of politics" and the (governmental) ills affecting our families. Rees and his campaign manager, Michael Ernette, who has commented on this blog before, were very cordial and easy to get a long with, guys with whom you would want to grab a brew.

In an unorthodox start to his speech, Rees declared his relative distaste for the current political landscape. His message, in my opinion, was seemingly (or better?) fit for an Independent candidacy, especially given his previous thoughts on a third party candidacy and his reluctance to claim the Republican party as his own.

Interesting, but what about ol' Virgil Goode you ask? See the Danville Register and Bee for more on that subject, including an interesting quote by Republican Fifth District Committee Chairman Tucker Watkins:

"As far as I know, Virgil has not made a firm decision one way or the other yet," Watkins said. "I don’t know Mr. Rees; I’ve never met Mr. Rees. There are a number of really good people (that could run). Congressman Goode is by far the choice of the majority of people that I know."

Ha, this should be fun. :)

UPDATE: Aznew has more, including this gem!

...politically, Rees describes himself as an “Ayn Rand Objectivist Libertarian/Conservative,” which is … well, I spent an hour researching this, and I couldn’t completely figure it out what it was, except that is somewhat contradictory, like being a Jewish Muslim.

But what’s more, Rees plans on challenging Virgil Goode for the Republican Party nod to run against Rep. Perriello in the Fighting Fifth, and if he doesn’t win, he plans on launching a third party candidacy, perhaps under the American Constitution Party ticket, to challenge both.

A Randian, eh? Personally, I got over that phase after reading the laughably over-the-top, libertarian wet dream "Atlas Shrugged" somewhere in late adolescence...