Paraphrasing Lawrence Lessig: “To even stand in the general election, you first have to win the ‘money election’.” That's his take on how campaign finance infl

Paraphrasing Lawrence Lessig: “To even stand in the general election, you first have to win the ‘money election’.” That's his take on how campaign finance influences which candidates run or are “taken seriously” by the media - presidential primaries or congressional candidates alike. The republic is unfortunately not “dependent on the people alone” if money has a too tight grip on who gets to run for election.