Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mumwe wevatsigiri vepakutanga vaBarack Obama
nokuda kweMutungamiri, Schatz akaumba boka nevamwe veHawaii Democrats muna December 2006 kukurudzira Obama kumhanya, achiti, "Kwemakore matanhatu apfuura takatongwa nekutya, kutya magandanga, kutya dzimwe nyika, kunyange kutya kweimwe bato... munhu wose ari kutonga nekutya uye Barack Obama anochinja zvose izvozvo. Anoda kutonga United States netariro". Muna 2008 Schatz akashanda somutauriri wekambani yaObama muHawaii.