Here are the five candidates who will appear onstage in Greenville, South Carolina tomorrow.

Herman Cain, former CEO of Godfather’s Pizza

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Gary Johnson, former Governor of New Mexico

Ron Paul, U.S. Representative from Texas

Tim Pawlenty, former Governor of Minnesota

Rick Santorum, former Senator from Pennsylvania

[...] Buddy Roemer, the former congressman and governor of Louisiana, did not make the cut. Neither did stunt candidate Fred Karger, a gay Republican who has worked in politics but never held office.

Who did make it? Herman Cain, a children's pizza mascot who has neither worked in politics or held office. But the Republicans need a black person in this race so it seems like they have a degree of diversity, so suddenly they believe in affirmative action. All of Herman Cain's answers will be written in pepperoni on a pizza and held up for the crowd to see.

We'll liveblog this thing tomorrow, we guess, even though all of the "good" (very slightly less lame) candidates won't show up. [Weigel]