“Sen. Marco Rubio [R-FL] has begun taking concrete steps toward launching a presidential bid, asking his top advisors to prepare for a campaign, signing on a leading Republican fundraiser, and planning extensive travel to early-voting states in the coming weeks,” ABC News reports in a scoop.

The story adds, that Rubio, 43, “has told us to proceed as if he is running for president,’ a senior Rubio advisor tells ABC News.”

The story notes, “Aides expect Rubio will make a final decision in the coming weeks, but his schedule for the next month already looks more like the schedule of a presidential candidate than a senator.”

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Sen. Marco Rubio at the 2012 GOP National Convention, Introducing Mitt Romney