Obama: Arrival in Hawaii

“On a whirlwind trip back to Hawaii, Senator Barack Obama spent more than an hour visiting his ailing grandmother late Thursday and is set to return to her bedside on Friday morning after arriving here on a nine-hour flight from the Midwestern battleground of the presidential campaign,” the New York Times writes. “As soon as he arrived on the island of Oahu, Mr. Obama went to the Punahou Circle Apartments, where his grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, lies gravely ill. She is to turn 86 on Sunday, but aides to Mr. Obama said doctors advised him not to delay his visit.” Perhaps no article underscores Obama's strength right now than this: Downballot Democrats are looking to grab on to a piece of Obama's perceived coattails. The Wall Street Journal : “‘Barack Obama is 100% focused on winning the White House, because he knows the middle class can't afford to let John McCain carry out [President George W.] Bush's failed policies,’ said campaign spokesman Nick Shapiro. But Obama aides acknowledged that in ... (link)