jcaimbridge

First off, I am a big supporter of the American Anti-Corruption Act (http://represent.us) that you and many others have proposed. My support follows from reading various literature and many studies on the topic of campaign finance and lobbying (e.g. Lawrence Lessig's "Republic, Lost", a book I think every American should read or listen to), as well as following the data documented/organized by opensecrets.org and opencongress.org. When I look at all of the problems we face today, the evidence seems to state that the majority of them are rooted in this problem of elected officials' dependency on the financial support of large, consolidated interests that are out of sync with the public interest. The solutions presented in the AACA seem to reflect its framers' knowledge of and experience with the problem--I especially like the idea of the per-citizen $100 Tax Rebate system of public funding.

With this context established, on to my question: Are there any plans for advocates of the AACA to try to gain exposure for it through the major television shows that often cover similar issues? A lot has been said about the corrupting effect of money in politics on, for example, Moyers & Company, The Colbert Report, and The Daily Show, but now it seems that the public is finally becoming aware of the issue (probably due to the salience of the Citizens United fiasco) and its frustration with it is being channeled into specific, hard-hitting legislation and action plans. In the case of the AACA, after only a couple of weeks we already have ~300,000 signatures, but I would think that the so called "Colbert Bump" alone could at least double that. Even if when presented to congress the AACA does not fair well (I expect the push-back to be massive), I believe of equal importance will be the large movement behind that is distinguished from others by its focus on specific legislation and timelines, and for this to have significance we would need as many co-sponsors (signatures) as possible.

I don't have a question because I feel most of them have already been answered. Just letting you know there's another concerned citizen out there that agrees with you and everyone else in this movement. And of course, thank you for everything you do (up until a few years ago I was not involved in politics at all, but the influence of money had always concerned me. Reading your book "Republic, Lost" reinforced that concern and encouraged me to get involved)

I contributed $50. That's about all I can do until I get my next paycheck (aside from bugging everyone I know about this issue and potential solutions to it like this, but I always do that anyway...)