Kunyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekunge Barack Obama asarudza kusarudzwa munaJune 2008, fungidziro yekuti angave ari mukwikwidzi wemutevedzeri wemutungamiri wenyika pakiti reDemocratic rakaramba richienderera mberi. "Washington Post" yakamuronga somunhu anobvira zvikuru nokuda kwokugadzwa kwa2008. James Carville naBob Novak vakataurawo nezvezita raSebelius, uye Wesley Clark, aifungidzirwawo semunhu aigona kumhanya naye, akatsigira Sebelius pachena, achitaura nezvake se "mutevedzeri wemutungamiri weUnited States". Kufungidzira kuti kukwikwidza kweVice President kwakange kuri mune ramangwana rake kwakakwidziridzwa nenyaya yekuti akasarudzwa nevatungamiriri veDemocratic Party kuti vape mhinduro yepamutemo yebato ravo kuMutungamiri weRepublican George W. Bush's 2008 State of the Union Address. Zuva rakatevera racho, akatsigira mushandirapamwe waObama
, vhiki imwe pamberi pekokorodzano yeKansas musi weChipiri Mukuru. Obama akakunda musangano wacho zviri nyore, achitsigirwa ne74%.