To: Bernie Sanders

Bernie should adopt Lessig's/Mayday's campaign playbook

When presidential candidates focus on ANY issue but Campaign Finance Reform (CFR) their chances of riding a tidal wave to the White House diminishes. We all (GOP and DNC) have our pet issues we've squabbled about forever, but nothing can get done without campaign finance reform getting fixed first. Bernie's the only candidate with any credibility on CFR which is why I tepidly support him, but he'll get nowhere with Congress just like Obama did and Clinton will if he continues to push on issues like Medicare, reproductive choice, amnesty, LGBT rights, etc. Bernie needs to set those aside for his second term and focus his blowtorch on CFR. He needs to ground every plank, every debate answer, every stump speech on CFR and soft-pedal the rest. This petition is the only way I can think of to send a message to the Sanders campaign to keep the focus where it belongs.

Why is this important?

I'm trying to send a message to the Sanders campaign about their strategy. Like all candidates their web sites are 'read-only' so I'm trying this route.