Yes, it's rather sad that politicians need to grovel to rich people. Politicians need to spend a lot of time begging for money and kissing ass. I promise that when (oh, optimism) I'm a rich person I won't really care if they grovel or not.
Still, politicians do need to grovel and a willingness to do so is really critical. New candidates are often shocked and horrified when they're told the number of hours they should expect to spend dialing for donors, but that's the way it works.
So, if some of you more humble people who don't really need to have your asses kissed would step up and donate a few that would mean less time they'd have to spend kissing ass.
