The 2007 letter was locked in a safe in his house, which already indicates a long-term obsession.

More details here:

^Additionally, sources tell CBS News that Loughner had made threats in the past and even interacted with Giffords in 2007.^

^CBS News Justice and Homeland Security correspondent Bob Orr said on "Face the Nation" Sunday, "We do know from our sources and from our national security analyst Juan Zarate that Loughner had an interaction once before with Congresswoman Giffords back in 2007, where he apparently posed a question to her, kind of a benign question.^

^"She answered the question; he didn't find it acceptable, he didn't like the answer," Orr said. ^
^"In the time since then, investigators believe perhaps he was tracking her and targeting her in a very loose way," Orr told CBS chief Washington correspondent Bob Schieffer.^

Note this article is datelined Jan. 9. This information has been out there for days.

The Democrats jumped on this only hours after the shooting, made up a premise out of thin air, and ran with it. The objective: "How can we use this tragedy to destroy our political opposition and regain power?" It's interesting to look at their proposed "solutions" to things like this so far. Oddly, all of them have the same effect: silencing political opposition and criticism.

They and their media cronies are getting their hides nailed to the wall, and deservedly so. Oh, wait. Was that "violent rhetoric?"