Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Schmidt akanga ari chipangamazano asingazivikanwi uye mupi mukuru weBarack Obama's
2008 mushandirapamwe wemutungamiri wenyika, uye akatanga mushandirapamwe wevhiki yaOctober 19, 2008, achimiririra mukwikwidzi. 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.