The McCain camp says it's purely coincidental, but three of the guests scheduled to drop by the Republican candidate's Arizona home over the Memorial Day weekend just happen to be on the short list of vice presidential contenders.
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will join the McCains and several other couples over the weekend for a barbecue, one of McCain's favorite pastimes.
With the Democratic nomination race possible winding to a close, focus will soon return to McCain, who has said last month that he search for a running mate was in the "embryonic stages."
A top aide told the AP yesterday that vetting possible veeps is not on the agenda."It's purely social," said Mark Salter, a senior adviser to McCain.
Salter said 10 couples in all were invited, adding that McCain often hosts friends and political acquaintances at his compound.
— Joseph Curl, senior White House correspondent, The Washington Times
Comments (7)
Two of those three would be great choices - Jindal or Romney.
Posted by Sorry Charlie | May 21, 2008 6:31 PM
NO! Go for Condi Rice! She is intelligent, has a longer resume than Barry, and could even be lovable.
Posted by Sorrier Charlie | May 21, 2008 7:07 PM
If John McCain picks Mitt "I can flip flop on ANY issue" Romney, I and MANY like me, will WALK!
Listen McCain: NO ROMNEY!
Posted by KYJurisDoctor | May 21, 2008 7:38 PM
With Romney, he gets the polygamist vote!
Posted by ericmiami | May 21, 2008 8:53 PM
I think it'd probably be a bad move to run two old white guys in a "Change" year. Jindal is also a genius.
McCAIN-JINDAL 2008:
THE NEW WAY FORWARD
Posted by johnfloyd6675 | May 21, 2008 9:37 PM
I liked Romney, but in all honesty, McCain can pick whomever he likes. Considering his back-n-forth on the issues, it really isn't going to matter. He doesn't have a prayer in winning this year. ( I would have supported him were it not for the fact, that over the past year or two, he's he gone back on most, if not all, of his positions. )
Posted by wolf | May 21, 2008 9:55 PM
@ericmiami:
The polygamist vote is worthless. The votes cancel each other out.
Polygamist voting: vote once for one person, then vote again for another. And again and again... ;-)
Peace,
CQ
Posted by CQ | May 21, 2008 10:49 PM