Lawrence Lessig ends presidential bid - Polidicks

[media]https://youtu.be/u4IsqmMqCEo[/media] [url]http://www.npr.org/2015/11/02/453980015/campaign-finance-crusader-lawrence-lessig-ends-presidential-bid[/url] [quote]Harvard Law Professor Lawrence Lessig is ending his campaign for the presidency, citing revised rules, which would have again kept him off next week's Democratic debate stage. The campaign-finance reform crusader launched a bid in September after raising $1 million for his campaign in a month. His single issue — get big money out of politics and reform campaign spending. But even his fundraising — which eclipsed some other candidates who did make last month's first debate — wasn't enough to get him on the stage. With former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb and former Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee dropping out, though, it seemed like there was hope.[/quote]

Who? Didn't even know this guy was running.

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[QUOTE=Del91;49034184]Who? Didn't even know this guy was running.[/QUOTE] Lawyer/professor guy who focuses on how big money buys all your elections.

Maybe he should've ran a better campaign. Maybe people just don't like single issue candidates. If he wanted to do something about money in politics he should've started a movement or something actually achievable. As it is stands now all the democratic candidates have called for campaign finance reform, one of which has declined to use a Super PAC. I'm sorry, but I never saw anything worthwhile in his campaign and it makes sense that the DNC wouldn't want this guy in a debate about all types of policy.

[QUOTE=shadow_oap;49035489]Maybe he should've ran a better campaign. Maybe people just don't like single issue candidates. If he wanted to do something about money in politics he should've started a movement or something actually achievable. As it is stands now all the democratic candidates have called for campaign finance reform, one of which has declined to use a Super PAC. I'm sorry, but I never saw anything worthwhile in his campaign and it makes sense that the DNC wouldn't want this guy in a debate about all types of policy.[/QUOTE] His shtick was already kinda taken by Bernie for the most part.

He was not allowed in the debate, the purposely cut off his name in the polls so he could not participate.

[QUOTE=Reshy;49035604]He was not allowed in the debate, the purposely cut off his name in the polls so he could not participate.[/QUOTE] And once there were enough polls with his name and he got the required 1%, the DNC [I]retroactively changed the rules[/I] to exclude him from the debates.

Can Lessig create a lawsuit for that? Isn't that very unfair?

Time for a new segment of the Hungry for Power Games.

[QUOTE=dark-vivec;49036395]Time for a new segment of the Hungry for Power Games.[/QUOTE] he should hold off until after the next debate, some more people are going to drop by then on the plus side, if you're polling at 0.00% in the democratic primary, they've got a podium for you!

[QUOTE=shadow_oap;49035489]Maybe he should've ran a better campaign.[/quote] You mean like getting endorsements by huge special interest groups and corporations in exchange for promising to promote their agendas, having a superpac spend millions upon millions of dollars, and generally using money to get elected in order to make sure that money alone does not determine an election? [quote]... If he wanted to do something about money in politics he should've started a movement or something actually achievable.[/QUOTE] Maybe to him it wasn't about winning. Maybe he wanted to send a message that he thinks the current system is broken and if somebody like him can get even a single percent in a huge poll, let alone be taken seriously by one of the two parties that dominates politics in this country, somebody who [I]can[/I] do something might realize that voters care more about what a president does than what they say or spend to get elected.

Early on he said that he would use executive authority to do what he wanted to with campaign finance reform, and then immediately resign for his VP. he changed that policy though

Nothing against the guy, but he had Jim Wales of Wikipedia backing him. Anyone who knows wikipedia well enough knows its a bureaucratic shit hole filled with scams, backhanded compliments and those that give the best handjobs can do whatever they want.