Posted on 08/18/2015 6:54:43 PM PDT by aquila48
Over the last 20 years of talking about the problem of big money in politics, Congress hasn't actually voted to do anything about it, and it's unlikely that they will anytime soon. So Harvard University law professor Lawrence Lessig has cooked up a crazy plan to force some change: He's trying to crowdfund a presidential campaign focused on the single issue of campaign finance reform.
If Lessig can raise $1 million by Labor Day, and if no other presidential candidates take up what he calls "citizen equality" as their first priority, he plans to run as the first ever "referendum" president (he has already started a SuperPAC to help fund candidates who support his goals.). Once elected, he would work solely on passing a law to fix campaign finance and to re-draw districts that are more politically fair. And once he accomplished that, he'd instantly resign, handing over the reins to his vice president—whether that's either of the major Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders (surely they appreciate the offer), or someone else.
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I would not be surprised if in the next debate someone doesn't ask him "If, as you say, the electoral process is utterly corrupt, how would you fix it?" And then it's off to the races.
Oh, yeah. This is sure to work. Where do I sign up?
Sheesh. What a moron...
In before the William F. Buckley quote.
I guess the moron doesn’t know that Representative districts are drawn by the states, not by the President
How would Hillary or Bernie be his VP anyway
Isn’t this the gyro captain?
It doesn’t say what his plan is, but since he seems to be a raving idiot, he probably thinks public funding is the answer.
NO WAY.
Wasn’t it Bill Maher that complained about gerrymandered senate seats?
Let me guess, in GOP states only...
I went to HS with Larry. He clerked w/ Scalia - got into academia and took a hard left turn. He’s a very bright person, but like a lot of bright people he likes to think he’s the brightest.
Our campaign finance laws may be flawed but they beat all the alternatives that I’ve seen.
The President has exactly zero say in state-level redistricting matters.
Just in case anyone thought being a professor at Harvard (or a graduate thereof) implied having two functioning brain cells to rub together.
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