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Republican officials are pressuring Sen. Marco Rubio to play it safe and run for reelection to Congress instead of making a presidential bid, according to The Associated Press.

The AP calls Rubio’s reelection a “top priority at the National Republican Senatorial Committee,” citing officials familiar with those efforts.

The leading contender for the GOP’s presidential nomination is polling at a measly 3 percent in two new national surveys testing Republican primary candidates. He wasn’t even included in Bloomberg’s November poll of likely New Hampshire primary voters. He’s been overshadowed by the media’s obsession with brand-name candidates, like Mitt Romney and Jeb Bush, even though his profile is more compelling than either.