Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz position themselves to be the Iowa surprises with 55 percent of GOP precincts reporting

Twitter loses its mind as a GOP upset appears increasingly possible

Published February 2, 2016 2:50AM (EST)

(AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt) (AP)
(AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt) (AP)

It's 10 p.m. and CNN, MSNBC, and TPM are calling it for Ted Cruz with 88 percent of the precincts reporting.

Iowa Representative Steve King weighed in early:

Some aren't surprised by Cruz's success:

Everyone's worried about Marco Rubio's success:

Things are not looking good for Jeb Bush, who isn't even in Iowa tonight, choosing instead to spend the evening figuring out how to lose New Hampshire:

Still, Rand Paul seems to be conceding already:

Some hilariously inflated expectations are being popped:

But at least some people have their priorities straight:

And for the record, here's tomorrow's news today:


By Scott Eric Kaufman

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