Obama arrives in Hawaii

Obama arrives in Hawaii

Updated at 9:19 p.m., Thursday, October 23, 2008

Derrick DePledge and Dan Nakaso
Advertiser Staff Writers

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama arrived in Hawai'i tonight for a brief, hastily arranged visit with his maternal grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, whose health is deteriorating.

The Hawai'i-born U.S. senator touched down at Honolulu International Airport in his private campaign plane about 7:15 p.m. from the Mainland, where, earlier today, he appeared at a rally in downtown Indianapolis.

Obama departed the plane and entered his motorcade at a private hangar. The motorcade left the hangar at about 7:30 p.m. and proceeded directly to the Makiki-area apartment complex of his maternal grandmother, Madelyn Dunham.

The motorcade arrived at his grandmother's apartment complex at about 7:45 p.m. Obama entered the complex for a private visit.

Obama met with his grandmother for about one hour. The Democratic presidential nominee did not make a statement to the news media about the visit or about his plans in Honolulu.

Obama's motorcade left his grandmother's apartment complex at about 8:50 p.m. for a short trip to the Hyatt Regency Waikiki, where the senator is staying. The motorcade arrived at the hotel just after 9 p.m.

Obama has no public events scheduled on O'ahu. He is expected to leave the island Friday about 5 p.m. and resume his campaign in the battleground state of Nevada.


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