Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Munguva yesarudzo yemutungamiri wenyika ya2004, Shiri yakashanda kumisangano yaHoward Dean naJohn Kerry. Apo Barack Obama akazivisa kukwikwidza kwake muna 2007
, Bird akabatana nemushandirapamwe uyu semutungamiriri weSouth Carolina. Bird akakurudzira vashandi vake vemushandirapamwe kuti vaite kuti vavhoti vabatane munzvimbo dzakadai semashopu ekugezesa vanhu uye nzvimbo dzakanaka dzekuzora, uye zano iri rakazoshandiswa munyika yose nemushandirapamwe. Kukunda kwaObama musarudzo dzokutanga dzokuSouth Carolina kwakaratidza kuva danho rinokosha rokukunda kwake kusarudzwa kweDemocratic. Kutevera kubudirira kweSouth Carolina primary, Bird akasimudzirwa kuva Mutevedzeri weNational Field Director wekambani.