Well shit.

Bless you, Grandma!

So sad

The Dunhams are in my prayers. A bittersweet moment, to be sure.

Oh, no.

Counting down to when some wingnut accuses him of poisoning her to get the sympathy vote....

I can actually imagine a bit what that's like.

I'm so sorry.

Terrible news.

I didn't realize she had cancer.

Unbelievable.

Really Sad. One day before the moment when her grandson will be elected President. I'm more sad for Barack. It must me incredibly hard to continue to campaign under these circumstances.

Life is goddamn unfair. Sad.

I am so sorry that she didn't get to see him elected President. How sad he must be! Tomorrow will be bittersweet.

How awful.

Death is always untimely...damn.

I hope everyone who casts a vote for Obama will think of her when doing so -- seems as though it would be an understatement to say that she had a profound influence on Obama and his life. Hope they are all doing alright but I can't imagine the tumult of emotions going on in that campaign right now...

This is sooo sad. Wolf Blitzer looked like he was near tears at one point.

You'll be missed, Toot!

Rest In Peace!

Barack you made her so proud stay strong.......

I am glad that he got to see his grandmother before she passed.

I was hoping she would made it to see her grandson being elected.

It is really sad. I saw the RNC criticizing Barack about his trip.

I just that the repubs haters will be removed from power once for all.

I believe toots is oragnizing the heaven vote for Barack tomorrow!

Bless you, toots! Barack, my heart goes out to you and your family.

Bless you Toot, rest in peace.

If there's an "up there" she'll be looking down proudly tomorrow.

he has a rally at 6pm in NC. Does anyone know if it is still on or if they canceled?

I believe toots is oragnizing the heaven vote for Barack tomorrow!

Bless you, toots! Barack, my heart goes out to you and your family.

RIP to a woman who will be "watching over" not just our president, but our nation.

She's our grandmother too. May she rest in peace.

And how historic to pass the night before. I bet she's got pull with the Upstairs Man.

Life is funny- All she wanted was another 48 hours. I'm sure she's the only person he'll be thinking about tomorrow night.

One more day - that's all I had hoped for her. Maybe it's better this way, because Hawaii was a long way away from Grant Park. Now she'll have a front row seat.

Also I had worried that if she has passed sooner, Obama might have had to miss the funeral. Now he can be there whenever it is.

I absolutely hate saying this, but we all know this will be true - the right wing smear machine will soon come out calling this "coincidental timing" and, when Obama wins tomorrow, will credit her passing away as the reason Obama won.

Obama will then get criticized by the right for snubbing his own supporters who voted him in by cancelling out on or not appearing at the Chicago rally tomorrow (which one local news station here just mentioned).

Leave it to right wing to tear the heartstrings and show any emotion other than jealousy and rage.

She's now in the grace of God, and it's the best seat to watch from in heaven. I just feel so sad for Obama and his family at this time.

Wow, I'm really glad the RNC chose today to start attacking him again for visiting his grandma:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/03/rnc-hits-obama-for-visit_n_140553.html

You've done well Madelyn. Rest in peace.

While I am not an Obama supporter I join you all in extending condolences. While we can disagree on politics, the loss of a family member is sad under any circumstances.

R.I.P.

While I am not an Obama supporter I join you all in extending condolences. While we can disagree on politics, the loss of a family member is sad under any circumstances.

R.I.P.

I can't believe she came so close to seeing the election results but couldn't quite make it. That makes it especially sad, but hopefully she was aware of the polls. Condolences to our next President on his great loss.

I hope that she passed away gently and knowing that her incredible hard work and sacrifice will have benefited not only her son, but the millions upon millions of people at home and abroad whose lives will be improved by her grandson when he becomes President.

The fate of so many people depends on the outcome of this election. Thanks to Obama's grandmother, he has the self-confidence, knowledge, and skill to win this election and take over the reigns of American power, and to wield that power in the most responsible manner.

God bless Madelyn.

To Barack and his the entire family, we offer our condolences on your profound loss. While her passing is sad and must leave a void, how totally awesome that she had the opportunity to see Barack stand on the edge of historical greatness. She had the chance to see her hard work help mold the man we've come to know. She must have been a force to be reckoned with. May she rest eternally in peace.

This is about Obama anymore.

This one's for Grandma now!

We've got to make her proud!

She left the world a better place than she found it. She gave us a remarkable man, poised to accomplish remarkable things.

It is sad, so sad. But...but...
When my daughter was about to get in the car to go to the airport to go to Kathmandu, her beloved cat died. Now, I know a cat is not a grandmother...
But we felt that her cat was serving her, becoming spirit to watch over her journey.
And we know Toot will be sending love and maybe checking into Diebold tomorrow.

Thank you Mrs. Dunham for giving us Barack Obama. There is a wonderful and fitting Irish saying, "May the sons of your daughters smile up in your face."

She's now in the grace of God, and it's the best seat to watch from in heaven. I just feel so sad for Obama and his family at this time.

So sad. My condolences to her wonderful family.
Here is the Hawaiin artist Iz with his version of Somewhere Over The Rainbow...I think appropriate here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OMLoAtC9RY

I agree. He's at peace. And while tomorrow will be sad, he has the time she grieve. In some ways much better than if it had happened sooner.

I'm so sad for Sen. Obama and his family, but now this great lady is freed from suffering and I she will be watching the returns with her husband and her daughter.

Millions have felt her positive influence through her grandson and I am sure we will be benefiting by it even more in the years to come. Thanks and rest in peace.

The Dunham family will be in my prayers.
May she rest in peace knowing what her good deeds did for so many.

Although not the same scale by any measure, I have some understanding of what Barack must be going through. I lost my mother on the day of my greatest triumph up to that point in my life. It was completely deflating and utterly devastating until I realized the joy it gave her to know that her love enabled me to successfully be the type of person she strived so hard to get me to become and how much that meant to her. Bittersweet? Very. But it gave (and gives) me the strength to continue trying to make her proud. I have no doubt Barack will do the same for 'Toot'.

How terribly sad.

She must have been a remarkable woman to raise such a fine person. Her contribution to the nation is incalculable.

My condolences to the entire family.

if you want to be disgusted read the comments on the AP site

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D947MU280&show_article=1

May God rest her soul. I wish strength and comfort and time for healing to her family. And I hope and pray with all my heart that we can honor her memory tomorrow by electing her grandson.

So much of this man's life has been about contrasts, opposites, "good" timing both extraordinary and ill fated. He has managed, like so few have, to have charted a course that is straight amid so much that is crooked.

Toot knows all this, of course, just as she knows that he will win. And just as her life gave him strength her death will give him resolve as President.

A peaceful journey to you Toot.

Unbelievable. The day before. I'm just dumbstruck trying to imagine how Senator Obama must be feeling right now.

To try to push the sadness I feel out of mind I choose to believe that whether he wins or loses tomorrow she could not possibly have felt any prouder of him, nor could her sense of joy at what his candidacy has meant for our beloved country been any more profound.

So sad that she can't see her grandson take the oath January 9, 2009. But she's a great American and will be remembered with love.

:'-(

My sincere condolences to the Obama family.
I know how difficult it must have been for Mrs. Dunham to raise her daughter's child- a difficult task at best.
May she rest in peace.

Aside from all the trash talk about the "timing" of her death- be ashamed.

Everyone just needs to gets to say a prayer for her eternal rest.

And the REST of us- need to pray for our country- and vote for John McCain !

Nobama- sorry "Toots"
I truly hope she did not suffer.
Cancer is a terrible, slow death and I would not wish it on my worst enemy.

Grammy Toot your work is done, the sun has set and now I mourn.
Before in sacrificial days, I remember all the love you gave.
I softly cry though within, the loss I feel but strength that is.
As sea washes clean the sands of time, the sun sets red just one last time.
I see you walking slowly away, to heavenly skies and endless days.
For what you are is what I've become, the man, the hope, the dreams of some.
Tomorrow too soon has come today, the fight's been fought my heart now aches.
A golden jewel is now set free, remembering what you told to me.
No smaller fate would you allow, your legacy has make me proud.
The world I must now embrace, goodbye sweet love, you're in God's grace.

My condolences.

GodSpeed:(

How sad! I was so hoping she'd make it through tomorrow.

Condolences to all family and friends - fate has a way of throwing these things at people. Once the hoopla of tomorrow is out of the way Barack Obama will be able to grieve properly.

Meanwhile it would be churlish not to note that John and Cindy McCain's comments are appropriate and dignified.

As for those Reps who have made distasteful comments before the news I will cut them a little slack. Those making them after this news are just - you should be mollified to note - assisting in the Obama GOTV campaign. They really are that crass and stupid.

Condolences to all family and friends - fate has a way of throwing these things at people. Once the hoopla of tomorrow is out of the way Barack Obama will be able to grieve properly.

Meanwhile it would be churlish not to note that John and Cindy McCain's comments are appropriate and dignified.

As for those Reps who have made distasteful comments before the news I will cut them a little slack. Those making them after this news are just - you should be mollified to note - assisting in the Obama GOTV campaign. They really are that crass and stupid.

Well I'm glad she lived to see her grandson become a US Senator and campaign to be President of the USA and the likely winner. She must have been very proud and happy, of Obama of course, and of the life she lived and people like her who laid the foundation in the 1940's to make this possible and build a better future. Nobody can ask for more.

Here is the video of Obama's speech on Toot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5oMY6_kCoo&eurl=http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/11/3/163415/952/641/651250

Amen. Hallelujah. If it isn't divinity then the fickle hand of fate, but it is beyond me why things have to happen in the order they come. Amazing grace, this is so sad. My tears for the deceased, my heart to those that loved her, and my philanthropy to cancer research.

I hope she died as proud of the fruits of her life as she has a right to. Can anyone disagree her grandson is now tested? I don't just hope, I believe that Senator Obama will face tomorrow with courage. I really don't know how, but I couldn't respect a man more.

I was thinking of this song a couple weeks back when he went to visit her. Alicia Keys sings the great Donny Hathaway's "Someday We'll All Be Free" from right after 9/11...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6dGuqniF_8

Thoughts and prayers to Obama's family...

She has done her part. Now, it's up to the US voters do theirs.

Rest In Peace, Toot.

My condolences to Barrack and his family.