Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Basa raKeenan rezvematongerwe enyika rakatanga ne internship mukamuri retsamba yehofisi yeSeneti yaTed Kennedy muna 2003, asati aenda kunova mubatsiri we seneta. Mushure mekushanda semubatsiri wevashandi veSeneti Hutano, Dzidzo, Vashandi uye Pension Komiti, Keenan akatora dhigirii remasters mune zvematongerwo enyika paJohn F. Kennedy Chikoro cheHurumende, achidzidza kutaura nekutaura pasi paSteve Jarding. Muna 2007, Keenan akatora internship yezhizha mukunyora hurukuro pamushandirapamwe waBarack Obama
, achishanda pasi paJon Favreau, asati adzokera kuKennedy School kuti apedze gore rechipiri redzidzo yake. Akaramba achibatanidzwa mumushandirapamwe mukati megore, achibhururuka kuenda kuIowa panguva yezororo reKisimusi kuti abatsire mukugadzirira maIowa caucuses. Mushure mokunge Hillary Clinton abvuma muna June 2008, Keenan akadzoka semushandi wenguva yakazara mumushandirapamwe waObama.