Some Mudcatters may be interested in reading this:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/1/9/165437/3750/368/433885
I Had Lunch with Barack Obama Today!
by The Angry Democrat
Wed Jan 09, 2008 at 01:57:22 PM PST

"I had an intimate lunch today with Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, Presidential hopeful Barack Obama...and about 400 of his closest friends. Come read what Barack had to say on the heels of the NH Primary.

Barack Obama held a private fundraiser in downtown Boston this afternoon. My rough math is that he raised between $250K to $500K from the event, not bad for a few hours work. Some random observations and thoughts. (I don't have a perfect memory, so I will be paraphrasing what Barack said).

5. ...About his "loss" in New Hampshire - He was in a sense pleased and relieved by it. To keep it all in perspective, he pointed out that Iowa was less than a week ago, and that 2 weeks ago a 3 point loss to Hilary in NH would have been considered a good performance for him. So, don't believe the polls, the pundits etc. He also said he started to feel like Icarus, got a little too close to the sun and now it was time to come back to earth. He also said it is just as well that he came back down to earth now rather than later. Finally, he said this was bound to happen because making the type of change he represents is never easy, and there are entrenched interests who will always resist that type of change."

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Obama lost New Hampshire by 3 percentage points-just 3.

Here's his New Hampshire concession speech:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_lQYC7vqBg

This speech may be even better than his Iowa caucas victory speech.