Invisible Primary in Full Swing

While many GOP presidential hopefuls were in Iowa this weekend, Time notes the real action “lay elsewhere, off the stage and out of sight, in an invisible primary taking place behind closed doors in states not known for their place in the nominating calendar. Candidates have been crisscrossing the nation and working the phones, dialing for dollars and loyalty in a contest that may prove far more consequential than speech that can be given before any crowd at this point.”