Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - Mai i te tau 2006 ki te 2008 i pūrongo ia i te pakanga a Senator Barack Obama mō te Perehitini o te United States
, a ko ia anake te kairipoata motuhake i whai i a ia mai i te rere ki tana panui i tana tono tae atu ki tana wikitoria i te po po po. Neke atu i te 12,000 ngā whakaahua i tangohia e Tufankjian i te wā katoa o te pakanga. I whakaputaina e ia he pukapuka e whakaatu ana i nga whakaahua i tohua ko "Yes We Can: Barack Obama's History-Making Presidential Campaign" i te Tihema 2008, i hokona atu i tana 55,000 kape tuatahi i te marama i mua i tana whakaputanga.