Obama's mom dies

Subject: Obama's mom dies November 4th 2008, 1:50 am

If you heard the news,ya know what I'm talking about.

Subject: Re: Obama's mom dies November 4th 2008, 2:11 am

Could you please post the story?

Wow, that has to be pretty sad right before election day. :(

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No, his grandmother died.

Forum Legend Posts : 6186 Registration date : 2008-07-07

His. ^

:P

Yeah his Grandmother passed away. RIP Obama's Grandmother.

Subject: Re: Obama's mom dies November 4th 2008, 3:23 am

Chao wrote:: Could you please post the story?

Wow, that has to be pretty sad right before election day. :(

Here:

Quote :: FRONT-RUNNER Barack Obama was today set to quit the White House trail for Hawaii and an emotional reunion with his gravely ill 85-year-old grandmother, just 12 days before the election.
Ailing Madelyn Dunham raised the 47-year-old Senator Obama for much of his childhood, and is his sole remaining link with his tight-knit family, after his mother died of cancer more than a decade ago.

The Democratic nominee's compassionate leave comes with Republican John McCain searching for a sudden lurch in momentum and new polls showing Senator Obama well positioned in the vital battleground states set to decide the election.

Senator Obama told CBS that he decided to make the exhausting journey across the Pacific to see Mrs Dunham - nicknamed "Toot" - despite the crush of campaign events as he "got there too late" when his mother, Ann Dunham died.

"We knew that she wasn't doing well but, you know, the diagnosis was such where we thought we had a little more time and we didn't. And so I want to make sure that I don't - I don't make the same mistake twice," Senator Obama said.

"My grandmother's the last one left. She has really been the rock of the family, the foundation of the family. Whatever strength, discipline that I have, it comes from her," Senator Obama said.

Mrs Dunham is reportedly suffering from a broken hip and generally failing health, though the campaign has not given details of her condition.

The Democratic nominee was set to hold a morning rally in midwestern Indiana, a key swing state before flying 11 hours through the night to his native state. He was due to return to the trail in Nevada on Sunday.

Senator Obama's mercy mission comes as he leads his rival Senator McCain in the latest surveys of the key battlegrounds. He will miss a full day of campaigning tomorrow, and return to the trail on Sunday.

The Democrat's absence, unprecedented this close to election day, may give Senator McCain the chance to grab the limelight as he searches for way to suddenly shift the momentum of a race that seems to be slipping away.

But Senator Obama's place on the trail will be filled by wife Michelle, and the campaign will use some of its mammoth multi-million dollar financial advantage over Senator McCain to saturate the airways with Obama ads.

A new sheaf of polls in battleground states by Quinnipiac University cast sharp doubt on Senator McCain's prospects.

Senator Obama led the Republican in Florida by 49 to 44 per cent, compared to a 51-43 per cent lead in the last survey October 1, and in Pennsylvania by 53-40 per cent, compared to 54-39 per cent last time.

Senator McCain lost ground in Ohio, often the decisive state in presidential elections, where Senator Obama leads 52-38 per cent, expanding his lead of 50-42 per cent at the beginning of this month.

No candidate has been elected president since 1960 without taking two of these three largest swing states in the US electoral college.

"To overcome Senator Obama's lead in Ohio, Senator McCain would have to get virtually every voter who remains undecided plus almost all of the Obama supporters who said they still might change their minds," Quinnipiac assistant director of polling Brown.

Senator McCain was set for a bus tour through key parts of Florida today dedicated to "Joe the Plumber", the Ohio tradesman who has become an emblem for his claims that Senator Obama wants to hike taxes.

Some recent polls have suggested the race in Florida, ground zero for the 2000 election debacle, is very close, and could be narrowing in the Republican's favour.

Yesterday, he and running mate Sarah Palin charged that Senator Obama's economic policies would choke growth in desperate economic times.

But Senator Obama, spending more time to outline his plans which he says would actually give 95 per cent of Americans a tax cut, accused his rival of siding with "Joe the Hedge fund manager" and "Joe the CEO".

But the Democratic nominee's main focus today was his family, and "Toot" - a derivation of the Hawaiian word for grandmother.

Asked if there could be political risk in taking time away from the campaign trail so close to the November 4 presidential vote, Senator Obama said: "I think most people understand that if you're not caring for your family, then you're probably not the kind of person who's going to be caring for other people."

R.I.P Obama's grandmother.

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