Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Schmidt aive chipangamazano asingazivikanwe uye mupiro mukuru kumushandirapamwe waBarack Obama wemutungamiri wenyika wa2008
, uye vakatanga mushandirapamwe wevhiki yaOctober 19, 2008, panzvimbo yemumiriri. Akanga ataurwa somunhu angangobvira kugadzwa nokuda kwebasa reChief Technology Officer, iro Obama akasika muhurumende yake, uye Obama akafunga nezvake kuti ave Secretary of Commerce. Mushure mekunge Obama akunda muna 2008, Schmidt akava nhengo yeMutungamiri Obama's transition advisory board uyezve nhengo yeUnited States President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). Schmidt akashanda muchikwata cheGoogle chehukama nehurumende.