Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Phillips bụ onye bụbu onye nduzi nke atụmatụ na nkwukọrịta maka Blue State Digital nke dabeere na Washington, DC, ụlọ ọrụ na-emepụta weebụ nke onwe ya nke mechara nwee njikọ chiri anya na
2008 Barack Obama mkpọsa onyeisiala onye ọ rụrụ ọrụ dịka onye na-ahụ maka ịntanetị. Phillips arụbuola ọrụ maka Democratic Florida State Senator Rod Smith dị ka onye isi atụmatụ n'oge ntuli aka nke 2006 Florida. Ọ rụkwaara Ted Kennedy ọrụ.