Whakaotihia te rerenga kōrero e whai ake nei: I te tau 2008, ka mate a Gloria i mua tata o te pōtitanga o Barack Obama hei peresideni mangu tuatahi o te motu. E rua marama, e rua wiki, kotahi rā i muri mai, ka whakarite a Cecil ki te whakatau i te
i whakaingoatia hei Perehitini, e mau ana i nga tuhinga i riro mai i a Kennedy raua ko Johnson. Ka whakatata atu a Stephen W. Rochon, Kaiwhakahaere Matua o te Whare Ma, ki a Cecil, ka kii atu ki a ia kua rite te perehitini, e whakarite ana ki te whakaatu ki a ia te huarahi ki te Tari Oval. Ka kī atu a Cecil ki a ia e mōhio ana ia ki te huarahi, ā, ka haere ki raro i te kōwae ki te tari.