Despite Election Day Losses, MayDay and the Anti-Corruption Movement Are Making Inroads

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http://www.nationofchange.org/2014/12/27/despite-election-day-losses-may-day-anti-corruption-movement-making-inroads/


Lawrence Lessig refuses to agree that the corrupting influence of money in politics is a “zero issue.” Skeptics and critics of MayDay PAC and the Get Money Out movement will continue to berate these efforts.

While Lawrence Lessig concedes he is an “egghead,” he refuses to agree that the corrupting influence of money in politics is a “zero issue.”

Lessig quotes a Politico article in a video and written data report entitled “How to waste $10 million,” which came out on Nov. 6, two days after the congressional elections. The article effectively calls Lessig’s experiment with the MayDay PAC a failure and borrows the endearing term of “egghead” from another reform advocate who worked with Lessig in the past – before the launch of his “super PAC to end all super PACs.”

“’The last thing that the progressive movement needs is another ivory tower egghead trying to play political operative and sucking up valuable donations and resources for his personal vanity project,” it reads. “For the sake of reforming money in politics, I wish Larry Lessig would please stop.’”

But Lessig has no intention of stopping. Indeed, the loss of six out of eight MayDay supported races has Lessig more inspired than deflated. As the data proves, the loss in no way indicates a populace disinterested in money in politics.