Gaspard pakutanga akaramba mukana wokushanda pamushandirapamwe waBarack Obama
muna 2007 asi gare gare akawana SEIU kuti imutsigire. Akabatana nebato racho semutungamiriri wezvematongerwo enyika muna June 2008. Mushure mekusarudzwa kwaVaObama, akasarudzwa semubatsiri wevashandi veMutungamiri-vakasarudzwa vechikwata chekushandura chaVaObama pasi paJim Messina. Akanga ari Mutungamiriri weWhite House Hofisi yePolitical Affairs yeHurumende yeObama kubva muna Ndira 2009<unk>11.