Politics. On Point.

Dorothy Rodman, mother of Hillary Rodman Clinton passed today, shortly after midnight.  She was 92. Standing together:  Chelsea Clinton, Dorothy Howell, and Hillary Clinton. Born Dorothy Emma Howell on June 4, 1919 in Chicago, she was often between families at times living with her grandmother and other family relatives, in a dysfunctional setting. Her mother, Della Murray, was accused of abandoning Dorothy and was sued by her then husband Edwin John Howell Jr., a Chicago firefighter.  Howell had a sister, Isabelle, who was born five after her in 1921. Secretary of State Clinton wrote of her mother in her autobiography, “ Living History ”, recounting the hardship of her mother.  “I thought often of my own mother’s neglect and mistreatment at the hands of her parents and grandparents, and how other caring adults filled the emotional void to help her.” The Clinton family released these remarks on the passing of Howell: "Sh...