DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa evangelical Christian group is inviting 13 potential presidential candidates to what likely will be the first caucus forum.
Steve Scheffler, president of the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition, says the group invited the potential candidates to attend the March 7 forum in West Des Moines.
Invitations were sent to Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, Atlanta radio host Herman Cain, South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, Texas Rep. Ron Paul, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, Indiana Rep. Mike Pence, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum and South Dakota Sen. John Thune.
In the invitation, Scheffler notes that 60 percent of 2008 Iowa Republican caucus participants were evangelical Christians
