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Clinton has been ignoring Sanders almost completely while campaigning, training her fire instead on the Republican candidates

In the Democratic race, the CBS News Battleground Tracker poll shows Hillary Clinton has a big lead in three key Super Tuesday states, including in Virginia where she’s leading by 20 points. This comes on the heels of her blowout win in South Carolina Saturday where she beat Bernie Sanders 73 to 26. Those numbers may be the reason she's ignoring Sanders almost completely while campaigning, training her fire instead on the Republican candidates. Nancy Cordes reports.

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Lauren Fox, reporter for the political website, “Talking Points Memo,” joins “CBS This Morning: Saturday” with some insight on the significance and impact of the South Carolina primary and Nevada caucuses for the presidential candidates

Lauren Fox, reporter for the political website, “Talking Points Memo,” joins “CBS This Morning: Saturday” with some insight on the significance and impact of the South Carolina primary and Nevada caucuses for the presidential candidates.

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President Obama predicted Tuesday that Trump won’t be elected

A new poll shows Republican Donald Trump expanding his lead nationwide, up by nearly two to one among Republican voters with 39 percent support. If Trump wins Saturday’s South Carolina primary, some think he will be unstoppable. President Obama predicted Tuesday that Trump won’t be elected, but the comment could give the GOP frontrunner a boost among Republicans eager to prove the president wrong. Major Garrett reports.

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Most of them are already in the key state criticizing each other and pitching voters who will go to the polls a week from Friday

The Republican candidates meet Saturday night in South Carolina for a debate hosted by CBS News. Most of them are already in the key state criticizing each other and pitching voters who will go to the polls a week from Friday, but Donald Trump was hundreds of miles away Thursday, speaking to about 10,000 fans at a rally in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Julianna Goldman reports.

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Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders battled repeatedly at Thursday night’s debate

The Democratic presidential race is getting tighter, and the candidates are finding more to fight about. Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders battled repeatedly at Thursday night’s debate. It was their last meeting before the upcoming Nevada caucuses and South Carolina primary. The candidates also reached out to minority voters who are about to play a much larger role in the campaign. Nancy Cordes reports.

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Issues resonating with South Carolina voters

Former Vice President Joe Biden has long been looking at South Carolina as his firewall, but recent polling has shown his lead start to crumble. He will meet six other Democrats onstage Tuesday night in Charleston ahead of Saturday's primary. CBS News 2020 campaign reporter LaCrai Mitchell, CBSN political reporter Caitlin Huey-Burns, Washington Post reporter Sean Sullivan and The State political reporter Maayan Schechter join CBSN's Elaine Quijano in Charleston to discuss.

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