Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whakakahoretia e Gaspard te whai wāhitanga ki te mahi i runga i te kaupapa a Barack Obama
i te tau 2007 engari i muri mai ka tautoko te SEIU i a ia. I uru a ia ki te kaupapa hei kaiwhakahaere torangapu i te Pipiri 2008. Whai muri i te kowhiringa a Obama, i whakaingoatia ia hei Kaiwhakahaere Kaimahi Tautoko mo te roopu whakawhiti a te Perehitini-whakapono a Obama i raro i a Jim Messina. Ko ia te Kaiwhakahaere o te Tari o te Whare Maama mo nga Take Political mo te kawanatanga o Obama mai i te Hanuere 2009<unk>11.