





About 65 percent of Americans think Congress is in the pocket of special interests; only around 13 percent of Americans approve of how it’s handling itself.

Cut through the math, and the most important legislative body in our country is seen as a horde of intellectually feeble, fractious, corrupt people who can’t do their jobs.

That’s why Harvard professor Lawrence Lessig is asking Americans who are tired of the (not so) merry-go-round of political failure to take a stand.

In a video for the fund-raising drive launching today called May One, Lessig says he wants to reform campaign finance by backing politicians who believe in it. His plan is to fight money with money to get American government back on track and actually doing things, such as governing.

He aims to raise $1 million to support politicians who want to kick-start fundamental reforms of campaign finance so Americans can go back to hiring qualified politicians able to hold debates on the major topics of the day.

Then we’d have an actual democracy that was vibrant with action, advancing our country’s laws every year instead of butting heads over the same old, same old.

Now, that sounds like something worth voting for.