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To figure out the real importance of Iowa, look beyond the winners.

A win obviously won't secure the nomination for anyone in either party, but a sound defeat could be fatal to at least two leading contenders: Obama and Huckabee. (Romney probably belongs on that list, but it's hard to write off a candidate with the deep pockets Romney has who going into a friendlier state just a few days later. But if he finishes more than 5 points behind Huckabee, it's pretty hard to see how he recovers -- even is he's willing to write checks deep into February.)