Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ranar 17 ga Maris, 2009, Shugaba Obama ya sanar da cewa ya zabi Rooney ya zama jakadan Amurka na gaba a Ireland, yana mai ambaton goyon bayan mai shi na dogon lokaci ga ayyukan agaji na Irish-American. A shekara ta 2008, Rooney ya ba da dala 30,000 ga kwamitin jam'iyyar Democrat wanda ya taimaka wa yakin neman zaben Obama
, a cewar CQ MoneyLine, wata kungiya mai zaman kanta wacce ke bin diddigin gudummawar siyasa. A cewar David Lewis, masanin kimiyyar siyasa a Jami'ar Vanderbilt kuma marubucin "Siyasa na Nadin Shugaban Kasa", "ba da jakadun da ake so ga magoya bayan siyasa hanya ce mai ƙarancin haɗari ga shugabanni don biyan bashin kamfen".