Obama’s Brief Visit to Honolulu

Presidential hopeful and native son Barack Obama arrived in Honolulu last night for a brief but important visit with his grandmother Madelyn Dunham.  He decided to take time away from the campaign just a fortnight from election day to make sure he could visit ailing Dunham, who suffered from a fall and broke her hip this summer and has severe osteoporosis that keeps her in her 10th story Punahou apartment, where Obama was raised.

Obama stayed at the Hyatt Regency Waikiki and has no scheduled campaign appearances during his brief stay on the islands.  He will fly back to the mainland early this evening and  resume campaigning tomorrow in New Mexico and Nevada.

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