The new group is Change Congress and the story about it is in Stanford University Law Professor Lawrence Lessig Sets Sights on Corruptive Influence of Money in Politics
This new organizaton intends to coordinate with the existing groups focused on reforming Congressional Campaigns and Elections. The distinction of this new entity is that internet campaign guru Joe Trippi is heading it up (formerly of the John Edwards and Howard Dean campaigns). And he intends to concentrate on identifying candidates who support reforms and facilitating their fund raising. Also this group is associated with the Sunlight Foundation which doesn’t seem to have much trouble attracting financing.
I applaud and will support this new group. Meanwhile I encourage all of the reform groups to find a way to consolidate into a more easily recognized Brand just as various factions coalesce into the Democratic and Republican Parties. Most voters are not engaged in the political process enough to appreciate the nuances that define similar but different groups. Too many choices often result in a failure to commit. It is vain and self defeating to perpetuate small and impotent groups when a larger and better financed one can better get the job done.
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