Ku sii wad qodobkaan - McGowan waxay xirfadeeda ku bilawday saxafiyad, iyadoo ka shaqeyneysay barnaamijka CBS 60 Minutes. Kadib markii uu daabacay Barack Obama ololihiisa doorashada 2008
, waxay ka tagtay saxaafada si ay u noqoto xoghayaha warfaafinta Jack Reed, Senator ka tirsan Mareykanka oo ka soo jeeda Rhode Island. Intii lagu guda jiray doorashadii madaxtinimada Mareykanka ee 2012, McGowan wuxuu ahaa soo saare dhijitaal ah oo loogu talagalay ololaha dib u doorashada Barack Obama.