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South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley threw her support behind presidential hopeful Marco Rubio Wednesday, ahead of the state’s Republican primary Saturday -– the jewel in the crown of Rubio’s Palmetto State endorsements.

Haley’s nod could be a big boost for Rubio. But other campaigns are putting their own spin on it, suggesting the endorsement could be a double-edged sword for the Florida senator.

One question that has been hanging over businessman Donald Trump and his bid for the GOP nomination has been whether there is a ceiling to his support – meaning a point at which he simply cannot get above a certain percentage of the vote because the remaining voters are so staunchly against him. In a “chat” over at FiveThirtyEight.com, the data-driven site of statistics guru Nate Silver, they looked at the evidence that there might be a ceiling for Trump ... Read More >>

In this week’s politics Slack chat, we get aboard the Donald Trump train and find it … luxurious. The transcript below has been lightly edited.

Trump back on top in national poll

Donald Trump is on top of the field in a new CBS News/New York Times national poll of likely Republican primary voters released Thursday.

Trump holds a commanding 17-point lead over Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, 35 percent to 18 percent, a significant difference from an NBC News/Wall Street Journal national survey released Wednesday evening that found Cruz ahead by two points.

Donald Trump holds a 19-point lead over Ted Cruz among those likely to vote in Saturday’s South Carolina Republican primary, with Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush locked in a close race for third and John Kasich showing no signs of a surge.

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders would fare better than rival Democrat Hillary Clinton against Republican White House contenders in general election matchups, a Quinnipiac national poll shows.

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has fallen behind Ted Cruz in the national GOP horserace, according to a brand-new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.

In the poll, Cruz is the first choice of 28 percent of Republican primary voters, while Trump gets 26 percent. They’re followed by Marco Rubio at 17 percent, John Kasich at 11 percent, Ben Carson at 10 percent and Jeb Bush at 4 percent.