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Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are poised to lead the nation’s two major parties in this fall’s presidential election, with a new nationwide CNN/ORC poll finding each well ahead of their closest competitors just as the race expands to a national stage.

You have to hand it to Marco Rubio: With the pressure on, he did everything right at last night’s debate. Rubio was aggressive from the get-go. He never let up (unlike previous attempts at going after the frontrunner). He got under Donald Trump’s skin by mocking him (a la Obama at the 2011 White House Correspondent’s Dinner).

Insiders: Donald Trump is the likely GOP nominee

GOP political insiders have been slow to hop aboard the Donald Trump train. But after Trump’s victories in three of the four early-nominating states, Republicans now see him as the party’s most likely nominee in the general election.

That’s according to members of The POLITICO Caucus – a panel of operatives, strategists and activists in a number of states, including some new to the Caucus.

Bernie Sanders has high hopes for Massachusetts, but a new poll finds Hillary Clinton leading by four points.

Clinton currently leads Sander 47-43 percent just days before Super Tuesday, according to the new WBUR poll. The Vermont senator is expected to win his home state but Clinton either leads or ties him in the rest of the Super Tuesday contests.

Bernie bears down for Super Tuesday surprise

Don’t count out Bernie Sanders yet.

Despite the grim outlook for the South Carolina primary Saturday, interviews with over a dozen state Democratic party chairs and local officials in Super Tuesday states suggest Sanders is within striking distance of Hillary Clinton in at least five of the 11 contests that will take place on March 1.

Poll: Trump’s negatives among Hispanics rise; worst in GOP field

Donald Trump has used the issue of immigration to help make himself the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, but his harsh rhetoric also has earned him the highest negative ratings among Hispanic voters of any major GOP hopeful, according to a Washington Post-Univision News poll.

Bernie Sanders has no plans of surrendering to his presidential political rival Hillary Clinton anytime soon.

Asked during a press conference Monday if he still had a pathway to victory, Sanders said the answer was simple: “The short three-letter answer is: Y-E-S.”