Marco Rubio Picking Up Support; Candidates Take Turns on Late- Night TV
GLORIA BORGER, CNN CHIEF POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT: And I think that the public took a look at him at this young Senator who is very, very well spoken, and who comes across with great authority, I thought, and started to giving him a second look.</s>DONNA BRAZILE, CNN POLITICAL COMMENTATOR: Tea Party Republicans want an alternative in case that Ben Carson or Ted Cruz, and Marco Rubio is going to be the second choice, and you see that reflected in that poll.</s>BLITZER: A lot of Democrats privately said they fear Marco Rubio, because they believe he can be a very effective candidate.</s>BORGER: Even Jeb Bush fears Marco Rubio.</s>AMANDA CARPENTER, FORMER COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR FOR TED CRUZ CAMPAIGN: They are not playing up the rise in the polls. They're running a very smart, disciplined campaign. They don't want to surge to the frontrunner status on to --</s>BRAZILE: And there is going to be a loss of enthusiasm if people don't come out to vote.</s>BLITZER: We'll see what happens. All right --</s>BORGER: And being the second choice is good place sometimes.</s>BLITZER: And more debates, and we'll see what happens. Thank you very much. The presidential candidates are becoming a fixture on late-night TV. Last night, we saw Carly Fiorina, Senator Ted Cruz and Senator Bernie Sanders take their turns. Let's start with Carly Fiorina on "The Tonight Show" singing.</s>CARLY FIORINA, (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE & FORMER CEO, HEWLETT- PACKARD: I have two dogs, Snickers and Max. They're Yorkshire Terriers. But I have to explain. I make up the song. And my mother and I used to sing together all of the time.</s>JIMMY FALLON, HOST, THE TONIGHT SHOW: It is dorky?</s>FIORINA: Dorky?</s>FALLON: Yeah.</s>FIORINA: Well, my dogs are not dorky!</s>FALLON: No, no, no, no. Is the singing dorky because --</s>FIORINA: Oh, I don't know.</s>FALLON: Well, I mean, I sing to my dogs and they are dorky.</s>FIORINA: You want to hear it?</s>BLITZER: Very cute. And Senator Ted Cruz was on "The Late Show" with Stephen Colbert where he said he's having fun on the campaign trail. The conversation turned to issues like same-sex marriage and states rights.</s>SEN. TED CRUZ, (R), TEXAS & PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: The 10th Amendment says, if it doesn't mention it, it's a question for the states. That's in the Bill of Rights. Everything that is not mentioned is left to the states. So if you want to change the marriage laws --</s>STEPHEN COLBERT, HOST, THE LATE SHOW: I am asking you what you want.</s>CRUZ: I believe in democracy. I believe in democracy. And I don't think that we should --</s>COLBERT: Guys, guys. However you feel, he is my guest, so please don't boo him.</s>BLITZER: Nice touch from Stephen Colbert. And finally, Bernie Sanders took his turn having some fun with Larry Wilmore on "The Nightly Show."</s>LARRY WILMORE, HOST, THE NIGHTLY SHOW: We've never had a Jewish president, right? That we know of, right?</s>SEN. BERNIE SANDERS, (I), VERMONT & DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Yeah.</s>WILMORE: If became president, god forbid something happened -- I'm not saying that is. I'm just trying to keep it honest.</s>SANDERS: Why not? I think that the good news is that I have been blessed with good health and a lot of endurance.</s>WILMORE: If you can just do this for me, just in case, Bernie, could you put on these sunglasses on --</s>SANDERS: Thanks.</s>WILMORE: -- just in case we have to do the "Weekend at Bernie's" thing,</s>SANDERS: How's that?</s>WILMORE: That's awesome.</s>WILMORE: Oh, that is awesome, there, Bernie.</s>SANDERS: Thanks.</s>WILMORE: No, you may need to keep those, because you may need them.</s>BLITZER: "Weekend at Bernie's." All right, still to come, the evolution of Pope Francis, how he transformed from a humble scholar into a religious rock star. And that is next.