this is breaking news how, exactly?
Yes. It was never about anything except trying to maintain their normal 2 or 3-1 spending edge.
If you read the column, there are conservative donors that have death threats against them, and where they live publicized.
This is no different than the Black Panthers intimidating voters in the 2008 election.
The purpose of this intimidation is to prevent people from donating to conservative PAC's as well as the GOP (TEA Party, TEA Party Express).