Hmmm... Doerr is also the guy voicing support for the Global Warming "cap and trade" program. I guess these VC's found out that getting money from government (and its fine taxpayers) is easier than actually finding other business investments to pursue.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1534730/posts?page=2#2
Well, with the help of unwitting and/or willing voters, the gubamint we see entrenched in every business to some degree today, regulation wise etc, has made gubamint a big business in and of itself.
Ya got to go where the money is, yaknow. ;-)
A more frightening development than their pell mell rush to empower our enemies and screw the people who made them rich for an even bigger buck.