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As it stands, Lieberman would have wasted perhaps a couple of million dollars over the next three months climbing a steep slope of competition in Iowa. "There was no way he was going to finish in the top three or four," says a DNC political analyst. "For Lieberman, this was about keeping his resources to fight another day."

As it stands, the Iowa event is now just a four-man race, with Dean, Edwards, Gephardt and Kerry standing tall. Neither Carol Moseley Braun, Rev. Al Sharpton nor Rep. Dennis Kucinich has Iowa operations of note up and running.

In fact, it may be that one other candidate may drop out of Iowa before everything is said and done. It is true what one Lieberman adviser said on Monday, "There is no victory in running fourth in Iowa." With that in mind, does Sen. John Edwards, who is desperately attempting to shore up his flagging standing in the polls, really want to be the big loser on caucus night in Iowa? If not, then Edwards might jump out of the race as well.

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