Cika wannan jumla: Ya amince
dan takarar Democrat Barack Obama a matsayin shugaban kasa a ranar 18 ga Oktoba 2008 a kan John McCain. Ya bayyana cewa shugabancin McCain na nufin "cin zarafin mulkin mallaka", musamman yana mai jayayya cewa ya kamata Amurka ta shirya barin Iraki nan da nan.