Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I whakakahoretia e Gaspard i te tīmatanga te whai wāhitanga ki te mahi i runga i te pakanga perehitini a Barack Obama
i te tau 2007, engari i muri mai ka whakaaetia ia e te SEIU. 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.