Campaign Notes

I don't blame Obama for wanting to spend time with his grandmother, who, with his maternal grandfather, raised him for the most part. Some things are more important than politics, after all.

Or maybe it IS politics after all, as a few cynics have alleged:

Payne, who is Obama's great-uncle, said his sister was hospitalized briefly but is back home in her Honolulu apartment, where Obama's sister, Maya Soetoro-Ng, cares for her. Obama plans to suspend campaigning later this week to visit his grandmother, and Payne is planning to fly there for her 86th birthday, which is Sunday.

Payne, 83, said he spoke to his sister briefly on Monday.

"We had a short and as upbeat as possible conversation," said Payne, a retired university library administrator. "She hated the hospital."

Payne did not know which hip she broke. He said she had previously had a hip replacement, but he could not recall on which side.

Payne said the two talked about family matters, but he declined to elaborate. He said they did not discuss the Illinois senator's campaign.

So does Obama REALLY think he has the election, which is goddamned close and closer than it should be, in the bag and can afford to take a couple of days off?
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And what if Obama loses?
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