Larry Kudlow says the worst possible outcome of the Iowa caucuses would be wins by Mike Huckabee and John Edwards:
The key point is that Edwards and Huckabee are the left-wing populists in the campaign on economic policy. Their victories would send up a red-flag warning signal to a stock market already beleaguered by worries about an economic slowdown and the ongoing subprime credit problem.
And Mickey Kaus warns of another possible side effect of an Edwards win: a brand new sex scandal may hit the mainstream. Kaus also offers an opinion most of us can agree with:
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