Candidate recruitment and vetting
Subject in Politics
Candidate recruitment and vetting has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Pod Save America. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Amanda LitmanFounder of Run for Something, reportedly approached about the DNC chair job
Litman argues that people should not be persuaded to run for office but should be helped once they choose to.
“We should not convince people to run. We should open the door to them. And then if they say yes, help them walk through it”
Pod Save America: The Democratic Party's Civil War (Jul 19, 2026) · Listen from 4:28
Litman argues Platner's recruiters erred by trying to manufacture a candidate to fit a preset profile.
“What they did wrong is you cannot play Kingmaker and you really cannot play Mad Libs with candidate recruitment”
Pod Save America: The Democratic Party's Civil War (Jul 19, 2026) · Listen from 3:04
Dan PfeifferCo-host of Pod Save America, author of the Message Box newsletter, and former White House communications director
Pfeiffer argues that while vetting failed, the scandals that ended Platner's campaign reflected his own failure to disclose them.
“Plattner is a failure of vetting on one end, but the things that ended his campaign is a failure of character on his part”
Pod Save America: The Democratic Party's Civil War (Jul 19, 2026) · Listen from 11:37
Podcasts
- Pod Save America · 1 episode
Episodes
The Democratic Party's Civil WarPod Save America · Jul 19, 2026 · 1 h 6 min
Dan Pfeiffer and Run for Something's Amanda Litman discuss Graham Platner's Maine collapse, DSA's rise, the Michigan Senate primary, AIPAC spending, and down-ballot recruitment.