Who recruited Platner and why was he not vetted?

[H2O Man]

15. And who do you

think is responsible for "vetting" a person who runs in a campaign? Generally, "vetting" is what, for example, a candidate for president has done in deciding who will be her/his choice to run on the ticket, or a president select for a position that must have Senate confirmation. The idea of some group "vetting" who can or should run sounds rather close to the old, smoke-filled rooms of yester year.


In elections, of course, it is the voters who have either "vetted" a candidate, unless they simply vote party line. But considering that there are now more registered independents in the country than in either major party, I think more voters do the vetting.

Who do you hold responsible for not doing this vetting?