Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I tutaki tuatahi ia ki a Barack Obama i te marama o Hanuere 2007, i tetahi huihuinga i whakahaerehia e Senator Ted Kennedy. I mua i te hui, i whakawhiwhia a Gifford ki tetahi mahi mo te kaupapa perehitini a Hillary Clinton i te tau 2008, engari i paopao ia, i whakaae ki te mahi ano mo
Ko te pakanga a Obama.