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Obama's Grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, Slideshow, Photos, Video
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
Barack Obama is heading to Hawaii on Thursday to visit with his very ill grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, for two days.
According to The Chicago Tribune "Madelyn Dunham, 85, was released from a hospital late last week and returned to her home in Honolulu with a health condition the aide described as "very serious."
For more on Obama's grandmother, check out our slideshow and read more information below:
The BBC has more on the "central figure" in Obama's young life.
She and her late husband Stanley raised the young Barack in Hawaii for many years while his ...
Obama's Grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, Slideshow, Photos, Video
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
Barack Obama is heading to Hawaii on Thursday to visit with his very ill grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, for two days.
According to The Chicago Tribune "Madelyn Dunham, 85, was released from a hospital late last week and returned to her home in Honolulu with a health condition the aide described as "very serious."
For more on Obama's grandmother, check out our slideshow and read more information below:
The BBC has more on the "central figure" in Obama's young life.
She and her late husband Stanley raised the young Barack in Hawaii for many years while his ...
The Dunhams
BAGnewsNotes —
Like Ta-Nehisi Coates, I too am struck by the resemblance between Barack Obama and his grandfather. Look at the chin, the eyes, the big ears, the forehead and widows peak. Also, it might be where that "cocked head" gesture comes from.
My sense is that the attention thrown on Obama's relationship with his grandmother (which, as many BAGreaders remind, has been much closer to a maternal relationship) is actually a net positive for the campaign at this point. Of course, one can only feel for Obama that this is happening at all, let alone now, especially when the potential loss of ...
