The 'Invisible' Primary

NY Times: What’s Really Going On in the Democratic Primary? Bundlers and endorsers are out. Ears and eyeballs are in. By Jason Zengerle - Mr. Zengerle is a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine and a correspondent for GQ.

Recent Democratic primary battles were all about the invisible primary, the yearlong period before the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary — when presidential candidates hired key staff members, seduced major donors and lined up crucial endorsements.