New national poll shows Cruz overtaking Trump — but...

NBCWSJ NATIONAL: CRUZ 28% TRUMP 26% RUBIO 17%... https://t.co/bjrpYRn1PU

— DRUDGE REPORT (@DRUDGE_REPORT) February 17, 2016

Just-released NBC/WSJ poll shows Cruz leading Trump nationally, 28% to 26%. Trump led 33% to 20% a month ago.

More: https://t.co/RbUq4YX2GM

— PolicyMic (@PolicyMic) February 17, 2016

NBC /WSJ 2/14-16
Head-to-heads
Cruz 56
Trump 40

Rubio 57
Trump 41

Trump 54
Bush 43

Trump 52
Kasich 44https://t.co/dHjJdrnEAX

— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) February 17, 2016

OOPS! WSJ/NBC POLLSTER ADMITS used WEIGHTED METRICS to create a Cruz "win" https://t.co/VXz4qBorbA https://t.co/iMKscmdaXl

— slone (@slone) February 18, 2016

...the poll includes a higher sampling of "very conservative" voters, a Cruz stronghold, than the previous NBC/WSJ survey did. Re-weighting the poll to reflect last month's sample would give Trump a 26% to 25% edge over Cruz, according to an NBC News release.

REUTERS: TRUMP 40%, CRUZ 17%, RUBIO 11%... https://t.co/5Bjfgk6g95

— DRUDGE REPORT (@DRUDGE_REPORT) February 18, 2016

BLOOMBERG POLL: TRUMP DOMINATES IN SC... https://t.co/chYslD5isO

— DRUDGE REPORT (@DRUDGE_REPORT) February 18, 2016

POLL: TRUMP HITS HIGHEST https://t.co/8TyHH7aGVg

— DRUDGE REPORT (@DRUDGE_REPORT) February 17, 2016