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McCain to Meet Possible VPs This Weekend

Posted May 21, 08 5:16 PM CDT in Politics 

(Newser) – John McCain will meet with three men this weekend thought to be on his short list of vice-presidential candidates, the New York Times reports: Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and Mitt Romney. McCain's camp remains mum on possible VPs—though the candidate says he has a list of about 20 contenders—and won't characterize the meetings as part of the selection process.

Crist, 51, is a popular first-time governor who would bring the obvious benefit of Florida swing-state clout to the general election. Jindal, 36, of Indian descent, is the only nonwhite candidate thought to be in contention. Both would bring relative youth to the ticket, the Times notes. Romney's been in the mix since he dropped from the Republican race.

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Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., gives a thumbs up as he drinks a coffee at Cafe Versailles on Tuesday, May 20, 2008, in Miami.   (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., waves after arriving in Burbank, Calif., Wednesday, May 21, 2008.   (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., talks on his phone after arriving in Burbank, Calif., Wednesday, May 21, 2008.   (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal reaches to shake hands as he escorts Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Cindy McCain, on a walking tour of New Orleans Thursday, April 24, 2008.   (AP Photo/Bill Haber)
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney addresses the Maine Republican state convention Friday May 2, 2008 at the Augusta Civic Center in Augusta, Maine.   (AP Photo/Joel Page)
Florida Governor Charlie Crist and Carole Rome poses for photographers in their arrival to The Bloomberg Afterparty in Washington on Saturday, April 26, 2008.   (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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