I find it honestly surprising that people can both lament the state of campaign corruption in the U.S., and then dismiss someone who displays -- by all appearances -- a genuine intent on fixing the problem.

I swear I see comments endorsing constitutional amendments to this effect daily on HN. You can question the likelihood that Lessig gets elected, but you certainly can't fault his program.

A program doesn't have to fix everything in order to be a significant step in the right direction. The only conclusion I can draw from this is that you people don't actually want to fix anything.