Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Akatanga kusangana naSenator panguva iyoyo Barack Obama muna January 2007, pamutambo waiitirwa naSenator Ted Kennedy. Musangano wacho usati waitika, Gifford akanga apiwa basa rokushandira Hillary Clinton mushandirapamwe wake wokutsvaga mutungamiri wenyika wa2008, asi akaramba uye panzvimbo pezvo akabvuma basa rimwe chete iroro nokuda
Mushandirapamwe waObama.