Yahoo! News - Kerry Wins Big in Iowa, Gephardt Drops Out
DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - Democrat John Kerry capped a stunning political comeback on Monday with a victory in Iowa's caucuses that dramatically reshaped the Democratic presidential race and ended Richard Gephardt's White House quest.

In the first test on the road to find a challenger to President Bush , Kerry won 38 percent and John Edwards scored a surprise second-place finish with 32 percent of the vote. One-time favorites Howard Dean , the front-runner for months, and Gephardt trailed badly with 18 and 11 percent, respectively.

And then there were seven...Boy, did I have this wrong. I thought Dean would win a slight victory with all the others bunched up right behind him, and I thought Gep would stay at least until Michigan.