ROBERT SMITH, Host:
This is MORNING EDITION from NPR News. Steve Inskeep is on assignment in Pakistan. I'm Robert Smith.
RENEE MONTAGNE, Host:
On the Republican side, John McCain met with possible vice presidential running mates at a barbeque in Arizona. To read the smoke signals from the grill, NPR news analyst Juan Williams joins us now. Good morning.
JUAN WILLIAMS: Good morning, Renee.
MONTAGNE: Let's start at John McCain's ranch in Arizona. Remind us who was there and why John McCain made this get together so public?
WILLIAMS: And then you're looking at people how can help him with domestic issues, in specific the economy, and Mitt Romney, who's been a successful businessman could help on that front.
MONTAGNE: And presumably John McCain was looking at how enjoyable they all would be at a barbeque.
WILLIAMS: Yeah, how they got along. I think, you know what, that's exactly right, meaning it's easy to overlook but the fact is he's looking for someone who is compatible.
MONTAGNE: Let's turn to Democrats, definitely a torched past. Very publicly this weekend from the Kennedys to Barack Obama.
WILLIAMS: And it really was not a very political speech in the sense that he wasn't talking about the primaries or the outcomes of this Democratic contest, but one in which he was, I think, plugging into the notion of Camelot and that maybe he was this generation's representative.
MONTAGNE: The big news on the Democratic side is that the Clinton and Obama campaigns are preparing for a meeting of the party's rules and bylaws committee - that's this coming Saturday. Let's talk rules and bylaws.
WILLIAMS: So, what you get is that she might get closer but not close enough, Renee, but it would help her to make the argument to the superdelegates that this race is razor close and she deserves the consideration from those superdelegates.
MONTAGNE: Juan, thanks very much.
WILLIAMS: You're welcome, Renee.
MONTAGNE: NPR's Juan Williams.
Copyright © 2008 NPR. All rights reserved. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information.
NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. Accuracy and availability may vary. The authoritative record of NPR’s programming is the audio record.