It has just been reported that Barack Obama’s grangmother died… let’s give him and his family our sincere condoleances.
“CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Senator Barack Obama’s maternal grandmother, who helped raise and ground him during an itinerant childhood in Hawaii and Indonesia, died today at 86, according to his campaign.
The death of Madelyn Dunham, coming a day before her grandson may be elected the next president, introduced a somber note in the closing hours of Obama’s historic presidential bid. Dunham, Obama’s closest remaining relative, died peacefully at her home from cancer, his campaign said.
“She was the cornerstone of our family, and a woman of extraordinary accomplishment, strength, and humility,” Obama and his half-sister…”
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/11/obamas_grandmot.html
