Oh, Christ. Business Insider:
Federal Election Commission reports show that [Jim Webb's Born Fighting PAC], which received nearly $1 million in donations, gave a relatively small portion of that money to political candidates and groups. At the same time, nearly 10% of the contributions received by the PAC went to Webb's family….
Business Insider contacted Webb's staff about this story Monday afternoon and was asked for a list of specific questions. His staff has not yet responded with answers.
When they come, I hope they're good ones. The Democratic presidential race needs Webb, and it needs him desperately. I grant you that much of my opinion comes from a gut feeling. I'm convinced that Hillary Clinton's political stumbling will rival Mitt Romney's of 2012, and thereby surrender to her Republican opponent some easy points. But there's an empirical record, too, to confirm my guts: her wildly mismanaged '08 campaign; her gross mishandling of HillaryCare; her rocky book tour. A simple book tour! for heaven's sake.
The Webb story may be little more than a sensationalistic scoop without benefit of underlying sensation. I can't yet find updates to the story, but I'll keep looking, and will pass them along.