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New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez will endorse Marco Rubio’s presidential campaign Thursday.

“Marco Rubio is a compelling leader who can unite the country around conservative principles that will improve the lives of all Americans,” the Republican governor said in a statement given to Politico. “The stakes for our great country are too high — and the differences between the candidates too great — for me to remain neutral in this race. I wholeheartedly trust Marco to keep us safe and ensure a better tomorrow.”

In a nor­mal polit­ic­al en­vir­on­ment, Don­ald Trump would have had a good night on Su­per Tues­day, es­tab­lish­ing him­self as the de facto Re­pub­lic­an pres­id­en­tial nom­in­ee. But this isn’t a nor­mal elec­tion year. And in a world where most of the party’s power­brokers are (be­latedly) try­ing to stop Trump at all costs, the ef­fort to block his nom­in­a­tion be­came more plaus­ible this week.

On Tuesday morning, just as polls were opening across the 11 Super Tuesday states, Terry Sullivan, Marco Rubio’s campaign manager, invited donors to the campaign’s Capitol Hill headquarters to give them an early look at the future. Sullivan’s PowerPoint presentation included a section entitled “March Delegate Math Projections,” which laid out three possibilities of where the Republican nominating contest could end up by the end of the month.

The Day After Super Tuesday

The results of yesterday’s caucuses and primaries played out about as expected – former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and businessman Donald Trump won a majority of their parties’ contests, while Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders successfully defended their home turf and won a few other states as well. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio finally won a contest (Minnesota’s caucuses) and ran a strong second in Virginia, but few seem to think he did well last night. ... Read More >>

Cruz pins his hopes on two-man race

It wasn’t the Super Tuesday result that Ted Cruz might have envisioned a month ago, but his victories in Texas, Oklahoma and Alaska gave him a rationale to continue his campaign- and to attempt to seize the title of Trump alternative, as he looks to build momentum in the series of states that vote ahead of March 15.

5 takeaways from Super Tuesday

Democrats and Republicans ratified their respective front-runners on Super Tuesday — and the two winners revealed two parties galloping in radically divergent directions.

The Democrats’ top priority in coalescing behind Hillary Clinton: running the country.

Super Tuesday = Super for Trump

There are only two real storylines out of Tuesday night’s SEC primary: 1. Trump is on a roll and more likely than not, on a path to the GOP nomination; and 2. there is no consensus alternative to Trump. Here are my four quick takeaways for what Super Tuesday means going forward.