I don't think you'd get the money together necessary to get your freshman run even off the ground without at least some kowtowing of the line of the major donor

I don't think you'd get the money together necessary to get your freshman run even off the ground without at least some kowtowing of the line of the major donors for your party. The nature of campaigning imo makes pretty much all politicians more beholden to money than to their constituents. Its expensive business, and if you decide not to play the game, you just end up smacked.