Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Robinson akabatsira mukwasha wake mumushandirapamwe wake wezvematongerwo enyika wegore ra2008
, kusanganisira kumushandira iye panguva yeIowa caucuses uye kumushandira uye kupa hurukuro kwaari mune dzimwe nyika dzakawanda, dzimwe nguva kusanganisa mushandirapamwe nekushanyira kuunganidza. Akazivisa hanzvadzi yake Michelle pamberi pehurukuro yake musi waAugust 25, 2008, husiku hwekutanga hweDemocratic National Convention ya2008, iyo yakamupa mukurumbira wake mukuru wenyika. Akanga ariwo pachikuva achitevera hurukuro yekukunda yaObama muGrant Park mushure mekusarudzwa kwake semutungamiri wenyika musi waNovember 4, 2008.