Doubtless some of these guys are old Southern Democrats, or even Dixie-crats, but it's really not necessary for today's Dems to "plant" anyone.
All they really have to do is make d*mn-sure that any off-the-wall, misinterpret-able statements by conservatives get the widest possible publicity.
Of course, you know the definition of "good luck": where preparation meets opportunity.
Bundy's statements are good-luck for Democrats/media.
That's a worthy thought worth considering.
Why, for example, was he at Watts as he claims? Perhaps he was doing his Mormon obligation as a young man to be a missionary. Who knows? There does appear to be many more democrat Mormons than I imagined. Reid has been all around his property years now. One would think they'd had some kind of contact even if only through Reid's land business intermediaries.
My gut says that's just too elaborate a scheme for anyone to pull off, but it wouldn't hurt anything to know his voting record.