Kammala wannan jumla: Daya daga cikin magoya bayan farko na Barack Obama
don shugaban kasa, Schatz ya kafa wata kungiya tare da wasu 'yan Democrat na Hawaii a watan Disamba na 2006 don karfafa Obama ya gudu, yana cewa, "A cikin shekaru shida da suka gabata, muna da tsoro, tsoron 'yan ta'adda, tsoron wasu ƙasashe, har ma da tsoron jam'iyyar... kowa yana mulki ta hanyar tsoro kuma Barack Obama ya canza duk wannan. Yana son ya mallaki Amurka ta hanyar bege". A cikin 2008 Schatz yayi aiki a matsayin mai magana da yawun yakin neman zaben Obama a Hawaii.