Cika wannan jumla: A shekara ta 2008,
Kungiyar yakin neman zaben Obama ta ambaci Timmons a matsayin "daya daga cikin mashahuran masu fafutuka a Washington" lokacin da aka yi amfani da Timmons don taimakawa shirin yakin neman zaben McCain. "Time Magazine" ya ruwaito cewa rajistar lobbying na Timmons "ya haɗa da aiki a kan batutuwa da dama waɗanda suka zama wuraren da ke cikin yakin neman zaben shugaban kasa. Ya yi rajista don yin aiki a kan lissafin da ke magance ka'idojin masu ba da bashi na gidaje Freddie Mac da Fannie Mae, lissafin don samar da tallafin gona da lissafin da ke tsara hako mai na cikin gida. "