The question then becomes how to keep the GOP of the same mind set as those electing them and not beholden to the big money donors. I don’t have an answer to that. However, it appears the longer they are in office, the worse they become. I think we should be electing more first-time-in-office folks to the US House and Senate, rather than promotions after they have served in local and then State offices. They are too far gone by that point, usually.
You are right that is the question and the answer is one that resides with us. What we need is a more efficient way to connect small donors to candidates. A kind of political kick starter of sorts because as long as the funding is coming from billionaires and millionaires we are going to continue to see the issue we have seen over and over again. We have a committed principled candidate elected and they are then faced with re-election and the temptation of a big haul of cash from one donor or working their ass off to get donations from millions of small ones.