Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I a ia e whakangungu ana, i whakauruhia ia e etahi i roto i te Rōpū Manapori ki te whakataetae mo te United States Senate ki te rangatira o Jesse Helms. I whakakahoretia e ia. Engari i a ia e reti ana, i haere tonu ia ki te kōrero mō ngā take pēnei i te pakanga i Iraq, te whiu mate me ngā tika o ngā tāngata tāne. Ahakoa he Democrat pono, i tautoko a Smith i tetahi o ana kaitakaro o mua, a Richard Vinroot, he Reipa i rere mo te kawana o North Carolina i te 2000. I te tau 2006, ka noho a Smith hei kaikorero mo nga Democrat Devout, he roopu whakapono, he komiti mahi torangapu i hangaia hei akiaki i nga Amerikana whakapono ki te pooti mo nga Democrats. I whakaatuhia a Smith i roto i tetahi panui i puta i nga niupepa puta noa i North Carolina, i whakaatuhia hoki i roto i tetahi tuhinga Associated Press. I te 13 o Oketopa 2008, i tautoko ia i a Senator
Ko te tono a Barack Obama hei Perehitini o te United States.