He couldn’t wait. There were many people who prepared the path for him, and the plan was, push him NOW.
He probably got flagged when he was 18.
Look at all the Chinese/Asian influence pushing Bill Clinton (Charlie Trie, Elaine Kanchanalak, and so forth) who opened doors, made funding available, paid media people. We eventually saw the skeleton of that structure.
It’s not too clear yet who planned things for Barry Soetero.
Coulter pointed out that he always had the table cleared for him so that he ran essentially unopposed in every election.
I count 2008 as unopposed as well.