The New York Times asks what if there is no clear winner in Iowa.

But what if it is not decisive?

What if at the end of Thursday, the three leading Democrats — former Senator John Edwards and Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama — are separated by a percentage point or two, leaving no one with the clear right of delivering a victory speech (or the burden of conceding)? A number of polls going into the final days have suggested that after all of this, the Democratic caucus on Thursday night could end up more or less a tie.

It is a real possibility and if there is no clear winner the Times suggests that all three leading camps on the Democratic side will be equally viable going into New Hampshire and the also rans might not feel the pressure to get out so fast.