Kammala wannan jumla: A lokacin zaben shugaban kasa na 2004, Bird ya yi aiki don yakin neman zaben Howard Dean da John Kerry. Lokacin da Barack Obama ya sanar da takararsa a
2007, Bird ya shiga yakin neman zabe a matsayin darektan filin don South Carolina. Bird ya karfafa ma'aikatan yakin neman zabensa su shiga masu jefa kuri'a a wurare kamar shagunan gyaran gashi da wuraren gyaran gashi, kuma a karshe an yi amfani da wannan dabarar a duk fadin kasar ta hanyar yakin. Nasarar Obama a zaben farko na Kudancin Carolina ya tabbatar da cewa ya zama muhimmin mataki a gare shi na lashe zaben fidda gwani na jam'iyyar Democrat. Bayan nasarar da aka samu a Kudancin Carolina, Bird ya ci gaba da zama Mataimakin Darakta na Kasa na yakin neman zabe.