Ku sii qor faqradan - Ka dib markii Barack Obama uu ku guuleystay magacaabista bishii Juun 2008, mala-awaalka ah in ay u tartami doonto jagada madaxweyne ku xigeenka ee tigidhka Dimuqraadiga ayaa sii socday. "Washington Post" ayaa ku taxan iyada sida rajada ugu sareysa ee magacaabista 2008. James Carville iyo Bob Novak ayaa sidoo kale xusay magaca Sebelius, iyo Wesley Clark, oo sidoo kale loo tixgeliyey inuu yahay musharax kale, wuxuu si cad u taageeray Sebelius, isagoo ugu yeeray "madaxweyne ku xigeenka soo socda ee Mareykanka". Mala-awaalka ah in magacaabista Madaxweyne ku-xigeenka ay ku jirtay mustaqbalkeeda waxaa sii xoojiyay xaqiiqda ah in ay doorteen hoggaamiyeyaasha xisbiga Dimuqraadiga ee Congress-ka si ay u siiyaan jawaabta rasmiga ah ee xisbigooda ee Madaxweynaha Jamhuuriga George W. Bush ee 2008 Address of State Address. Maalintii ku xigtay, waxay taageertay ololihii Obama
, usbuuc ka hor shirweynaha Kansas ee Super Tuesday. Obama wuxuu si fudud ku guuleystay doorashada, 74% taageerada.