Larry Lessig

I’m confident there are about 20 ... seriously considering it, there are some who will do it as a matter of principle; one has already said he will. But most will be in the situation where they won’t make that sacrifice unless there a reason to sacrifice.

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From the start, it was clear that getting into the Democratic debates was the essential step in this campaign. I may be known in tiny corners of the tubes of the Internets, but I am not well-known to the American public generally, our only chance to make this issue central to the 2016 presidential election was to be in those debates.

It is now clear that the party won't let me be a candidate -- and I can't ask people to support a campaign that I know can't even get before the members of the Democratic Party; or to ask my team or my family to make a sacrifice even greater than what they've already made.