Kunyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekushanda semurongi wenhandare weDemocratic Party yeMichigan musarudzo yemutungamiri wenyika ya2000, uyezve pamushandirapamwe waJohn Kerry wemutungamiri wenyika muna 2004, Simon akabatana nemushandirapamwe wemutungamiri wenyika waBarack Obama muna 2008
somutungamiriri wezvokuongorora, anogara padzimbahwe reChicago. Sechikamu cheshambadziro iyi, akachengeta mashoko akawanda pamusoro pokuzvibata kwevavhoti uye zvavanofarira. Nzira yake yokunyatsoona vanhu vaanoda kuti vanyorwe nayo inonzi yakabatsira kuziva vavhoti vasina kusarudza vanganzi naObama vaite zvaanoda. Kutevera mushandirapamwe, akagadzwa muna 2009 kuti ashande muHurumende yaObama kuDhipatimendi reHutano neHuman Services, kwaakanangana nekugadziriswa kwehutano hwehutano uye Medicare.