Kammala wannan jumla: Johnson dan jam'iyyar Democrat ne mai rijista. Ya goyi bayan
Barack Obama ta 2008 zaben shugaban kasa yaƙin neman zaɓe da kuma vehemently adawa da takarar John Edwards cewa shekara. Johnson ya la'anci Majalisar Kasa don Tabbatar da Ilimin Malamai don inganta "adalcin zamantakewa" a matsayin muhimmin bangare na horar da malamai, da kuma aiwatar da manufofi wanda ya yi jayayya a fili an yi niyya ne "don tantance masu koyar da makarantun gwamnati masu yuwuwar da ke da ra'ayoyin siyasa marasa kyau".