Katty Kay

Vance is the clear front runner for the Republican nomination for president in 2028.

Donald Trump has kind of weighed in on both sides.

He is playing both of them off and polling, doing his own little informal polling from the Oval Office.

Rubio has said that he's not going to run if J.D.

is running.

So J.D.

is the top dog, we all assume, and polls have suggested that.

But actually now you're starting to get polls show that J.D.

is slipping.

Rubio is rising.

There's a super interesting focus group that's about to be released by the bulwark for some two-time Trump voters in Louisiana.

And the overwhelming majority, nearly all of them say that they prefer Rubio over Vance.

The Atlantic's done a story on this.

Politico has done a story on this.

The Dispatch has done a story on this.

And I think Rubio's star is rising.

And I think it's tied to the war in Iran that the country's been put through a stress test internationally.

And Rubio has probably handled it better than J.D.

Vance has handled it.

I don't think he was fine in the press room.