Obama's Grandmother Passes Away

The woman who helped raise Obama has, sadly, herself succumbed to cancer.

"It is with great sadness that we announce that our grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, has died peacefully after a battle with cancer," Obama said in a joint statement with his sister, Maya Soetoro-Ng. "She was the cornerstone of our family, and a woman of extraordinary accomplishment, strength, and humility."

Dunham helped raise Obama from the age of 10 while his mother was working in Indonesia, and Obama took an emotional 22-hour trip to Hawaii to visit her on October 23 and 24.

I recall losing my own grandmother in May, and my heart goes out to the man. No matter what America decides tomorrow, I know how he feels.