Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekushanda kwenguva pfupi semupi wezano pakurwisa kwaSenator John Kerry musarudzo dzemutungamiri wenyika dza2004, Lu akatanga kushandira Barack Obama muna 2005 muhofisi yake yeSeneti yeU.S., uko Lu akashanda semutungamiri wezvemitemo uye achishanda semukuru wevashandi. Pashure pokubudirira kwaObama mumushandirapamwe wa2008 wokutsvaka kuva purezidhendi
, Lu akagadzwa kuva mukuru mukuru weObama-Biden Transition Project. Apo Obama akagadza Lu saMunyori weKabineti, "The New York Times" yakamurondedzera se"mumwe wevakuru vepamusoro-soro veAsia America muhurumende yaObama".