 In January 2004 , Bradley and Gore both endorsed Howard Dean for President in the 2004 Democratic primaries . In January 2008 , Bradley announced that he was supporting Barack Obama in the 2008 Democratic primary . He campaigned for Obama and appeared on political news shows as a surrogate . Bradley 's name was mentioned as a possible replacement for Tom Daschle as nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Obama administration after Daschle withdrew from consideration ; the position went to Kansas governor Kathleen Sebelius . He has occasionally been involved in political matters , most recently consulting the Senate Finance Committee on tax reform along with former colleague Bob Packwood 
