Ku dhammee weedha soo socota: Barnes wuxuu ahaa la taliyaha siyaasada gudaha ee Senator Barack Obama intii uu
Ololaha doorashada madaxtinimada ee 2008. Doorashada ka dib, Barnes wuxuu ka tirsanaa kooxda hoggaanka mashruuca Obama-Biden Transition Project. Barnes wuxuu ahaa agaasime ku xigeenka kooxda shaqada ee dib u eegista hay'adda ee kala guurka.