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Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: zeta1961 who wrote (5864)	1/11/2008 12:56:28 AM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 149317

Obama returns home for fundraisers ____________________________________________________________ January 10, 2008 BY ABDON M. PALLASCH /Political Reporter suntimes.com White House hopeful Barack Obama came home to Chicago Thursday night for a pair of fundraisers on the Gold Coast and in Old Town following a win in Iowa and a loss in New Hampshire. Losing the New Hampshire primary to New York Sen. Hillary Clinton “was actually a good thing,” Obama told 250 donors who paid $250 each to hear him at The New Leaf florist in Old Town. “Because after Iowa, everybody was so giddy,” Obama said. “The notion that you win a caucus and suddenly Barack is going to be president, racial reconciliation is here, poverty will be alleviated and the world is suddenly going to realize what good people we are ... that’s not how change happens.” The fans cheered Obama though some of them commented after his brief speech that he seemed a bit tired. Supporters waited in the rain outside the Gold Coast condominium of Obama supporter Desiree Rogers earlier Thursday for his first fundraiser. At the later event, Obama joked that “I used to buy flowers here when i got in trouble ... it wouldn’t work. Michelle would still be mad at me. [Owner] Rachel [Bradley] prepared some flowers tonight because I haven’t been home in 16 days.” In an apparent reference to Clinton, Obama said his candidacy threatens the Democratic status quo. “The status quo is resisting,” Obama said. “Not just the Republican status quo, but the Democratic status quo.” Mocking his critics, Obama said, “Barack may be inspiring and we may like his ideas, but he hasn’t been in Washington long enough. He hasn’t been stewed and seasoned long enough. We haven’t boiled all the hope out of him.” That line got laughs from the audience at the florist as it has from audiences in Iowa and New Hampshire, but it also elicited this unscripted interjection from one of the attendees Thursday night: “Don’t cry.” Some analysts credit Clinton’s choking up in response to a question the day before the New Hampshire primary with helping bring about her surprise win despite polls that had predicted an Obama win. Obama made a quick exit after the event, saying he had to get home to see his wife and daughters. “He obviously had a great run that’s going to continue on, bringing on an idea of change that really came through tonight despite some exhaustion, obviously,” said Tom Veeder, a Republican options trader who Obama has won over.