The new CNN poll has Rubio at 11 percent (Bush tops the field at 17, with Walker at 12, Paul also at 11, and Huckabee at 9, and then everyone else). This is movement from November, when he was at 3 percent. The field is so small that any bumps up feel big, but it obviously would have been bad if Rubio had gotten nothing from his launch. He is tied with Bush at 18 percent for who best represents the future of the party (Bush is actually relatively strong on all the candidate-quality questions). Also, we had the news a few days ago that Rubio has commitments of $40 million from big donors, suggesting that Jeb Bush won’t be able to squeeze him as much financially as first thought.