Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Gaspard da farko ya ƙi damar yin aiki a kan Barack Obama ta
yaƙin neman zaɓe na shugaban ƙasa a 2007 amma daga baya ya sami SEIU don tallafa masa. A hukumance ya shiga yakin neman zabe a matsayin daraktan siyasa a watan Yunin 2008. Bayan zaben Obama, an nada shi Mataimakin Daraktan Ma'aikata na zababben shugaban kungiyar rikon kwarya ta Obama karkashin Jim Messina. Ya kasance Daraktan Ofishin Fadar White House na Harkokin Siyasa don gwamnatin Obama daga Janairu 2009<unk>11.