Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Barnes aive mukuru wezvematongerwo enyika wepamusha weSenator Barack Obama panguva yemushandirapamwe wake wemutungamiri wenyika wa2008
. Mushure mesarudzo, Barnes akashanda muchikwata chehutungamiriri cheObama-Biden Transition Project. Barnes akashanda semutungamiri weAgency Review Working Group yekuchinja.