Invisible Primary... Barbour Did Run for President

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http://politicalwire.com/archives/2011/04/26/barbour_did_run_for_president.html


Barbour Did Run for President


Jonathan Bernstein: "We call this period the 'invisible primary' for a reason: just like in the state-by-state primaries to come next year, the current contest has winners and losers, and the losers tend to drop out. Now, some potential candidates really haven't contested the invisible primary... I haven't read anything, for example, about Jeb Bush. So I'll chalk him up as a 'did not run.' But those who hired staff, sought endorsements, traveled to Iowa and New Hampshire and South Carolina -- they contested the invisible primary. They were candidates for 2012. Even if they didn't quite make it all the way to 2012."