Lessig is not running.

Straight from the Professor's mouth: <---Video link.

With lots of mixed feelings, I have decided a run for Congress would not help the Change Congress movement. I explain the thinking in this 5 minute video (a new record for me!). First question: What happens to the contributions to Lessig08? As explained on the ActBlue page, all will go to (the yet to be established) Change Congress organization.

Thanks to everyone who helped me make this decision -- and especially the many friends in the harshest way told me it would be a mistake.

 

I disagree, but let's see what he does next...

I apologize for the group blast, but I wanted to let you know first 
that I have decided against running for Congress. In the end, it 
became 100% clear that there was no way to win this election in just 
over 30 days. And while losing is not always a bad thing (see, e.g., 
just about everything I've done), losing big here would certainly 
weaken the Change Congress movement. I've got a 5 minute vide about 
the decision at my blog at http://lessig.org/blog/2008/02/on_why_i_am_not_running.html and I would ask just one favor: that you be certain to be signed up 
at <http://change-congress.org> to learn about what we're doing there.

I am sorry to bring this news after the extraordinary range and depth 
of support this idea engendered. Thank you to everyone who helped me 
think through this, and demonstrated to me how vibrant these ideas are.