From the grassroots, another challenger for Marshall

This makes five Republicans who want U.S. Rep. Jim Marshall's job in the 8th, and there may be a couple more before the primary:

A local nurse plans to run for Congress here in Middle Georgia, making her the fifth Republican to announce a challenge against 8th District incumbent Jim Marshall.

Diane Vann, who said she is a registered nurse living in north Macon, said she’s voted for Marshall before. But the course President Obama and the Democratic Congress have the country on cries out for Republican action, she said.

“I am a fan of Rush Limbaugh, and I like Sarah Palin, and I like Fox News and I do believe that Obama ... I believe he’s a Communist,” Vann said. “I’ve lived long enough, I was actually stationed in West Germany before the Iron Curtain fell. ... I do not care to see us go in that direction, and I think that’s how Obama is leading the country.”

The quote there at the end was her answer to "What led you to run?"

Ms. Vann's Web site is www.dianevann.com. The other announced candidates are Ken DeLoach, Angela Hicks, Valerie Meyers and Paul Rish.