Kammala wannan jumla: Da zabar Shugaba Barack Obama, ana sa ran za a maye gurbin Eid a matsayin Babban Lauyan Amurka, kamar yadda al'ada take tare da canjin gwamnatocin shugaban kasa. A ranar 7 ga Janairu, 2009, Eid ya sanar da cewa zai yi murabus a matsayin Babban Lauyan Amurka a ranar 19 ga Janairu, kwana daya kafin Shugaba Barack Obama ya yi
nadin mukamin, da kuma takarar babban lauyan jihar Colorado a shekarar 2010. Eid ya nemi cike mukamin da ake sa ran John W. Suthers zai yi, wanda ke shirin tsayawa takarar gwamna ko Majalisar Dattawa ta Amurka. Koyaya, jim kaɗan bayan murabus na Eid, Suthers ya ba da sanarwar cewa zai sake neman sake zaɓe a matsayin babban lauya maimakon yin takara don babban ofis. A sakamakon haka, Eid ya yi watsi da shirin da zai yi na neman babban lauya, yana mai bayyana Suthers a matsayin daya daga cikin abokansa na kusa da kuma ikirarin, "Kalubalanci John ba wani bangare ne na lissafin ba". Eid ya koma kamfanin mai zaman kansa na Greenberg Traurig, inda ya yi aiki daga 2003 zuwa 2006.