Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I muri i te whakaingoatanga a Barack Obama i te Pipiri 2008, i haere tonu nga whakapae ka riro ia ia hei kaitono mo te waahi perehitini tuarua mo te tiikiti Democratic. Ko te "Washington Post" i whakarārangitia ia hei tūmanako nui mo te whakaingoatanga 2008. I whakahuatia hoki e James Carville me Bob Novak te ingoa o Sebelius, ana ko Wesley Clark, i whakaarohia hoki he hoa mahi pea, i tautoko i a Sebelius, e kii ana ko ia "te perehitini tuarua o te United States". Ko te whakapae ko te whakaingoa a te Perehitini Tuarua i roto i tona heke mai i whakanuia e te mea i kowhiria ia e nga kaiarahi o te Democratic Party ki te tuku i te whakautu a to raatau roopu ki te Perehitini Republican a George W. Bush's 2008 State of the Union Address. I te aonga ake, ka whakaaetia e ia
Ko te pakanga a Obama, kotahi wiki i mua i te huihuinga o Kansas i te Rātū Nui. I wikitoria a Obama i te kōwhiringa mā te 74% o te tautoko.