Five GOP candidates will court Iowa Republicans this Friday night in Des Moines, at the state’s 2011 Ronald Reagan Dinner — but two big names won’t be there.
The candidates will speak in the following order, the Des Moines Register reports: Ron Paul, Michele Bachmann, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, and Rick Perry.
Notably absent from the list, of course, are Herman Cain and Mitt Romney — the two leading candidates in the most recent poll of Iowa.
When asked for comment, state GOP spokesman Ryan Gough told TPM that the party had not received confirmations from those campaigns, regarding their invitations.
