Change Congress (through Congress’ pocketbook)

I wrote a few weeks ago about Lawrence Lessig’s almost-run for congress, as well as his plans for a Change Congress movement. Well, Change Congress is officially launched. Lessig was in D.C. this week to officially announce the movement’s plans.
Personally, I like the approach. Lessig is focusing on the real underlying issue for politics — the money. Change Congress is focusing on four goals (pledges in CC lingo) that they want to get politicians to agree to:

No money from lobbyists and PACs
An abolition on earmarks
Public financing of elections
Complete transparency in Congress

What do the first three issues have in common? …read more