Whakaotihia te rerenga kōrero e whai ake nei:
pakanga perehitini i te Maehe 2007 hei kaiwhakahaere whakawhitiwhiti korero a Obama i Iowa. I muri i te wikitoria a Obama i Iowa, i mahi a Earnest hei kaiawhina whakawhitiwhiti korero i roto i nga whakataetae tuatahi tae atu ki South Carolina, Texas me Pennsylvania. I te wā o te pōtitanga whānui o te tau 2008, i mahi a Earnest hei tumuaki whakawhitiwhiti kōrero tuarua o te kaupapa. Whai muri i te pōtitanga o Obama hei perehitini, ka neke a Earnest ki Washington, DC, ka mahi hei kaiwhakahaere whakawhitiwhiti korero mo te komiti whakatu a te perehitini.