It appears that decision to skip Iowa doesn't look so good after all:
"The surprising results of the Iowa caucuses coupled with Dick Gephardt's withdrawal from the Democratic presidential race has sent Wes Clark's campaign into a frenzy to become a player in the February 3 Missouri and Oklahoma primaries where Geppy was expected to be a major factor. Campaign insiders say that Clark, who didn't run in Iowa so he could focus on next week's New Hampshire primary, worries that the Iowa runner-up, John Edwards, is picking up enough steam to replace Gephardt as the force in the Missouri and even Oklahoma races.
The move to quickly build a campaign in the two states comes as several Gephardt aides are planning to join the Edwards campaign, a move that could help the North Carolina senator organize for the February 3 primaries in five states (Arizona, Delaware, Missouri, South Carolina, Oklahoma) and caucuses in two states (New Mexico and North Dakota)."
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/politics/whispers/whisphome.htm