Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - McCain akambotungamira musarudzo dzakatorwa mushure memusangano weRepublican, asi Obama akakurumidza kubudazve semutungamiri musarudzo. Mushandirapamwe waMcCain wakakuvadzwa zvikuru nekusazivikanwa kwehutongi hwaBush uye Hondo yeIraq, uye mhinduro yaMcCain pakuputika kwedambudziko rezvemari rakakura munaGunyana 2008 yakaonekwa zvakanyanya sekusagadzikana. Obama akawana mavhoti evatongi 365 uye 52.9% yemavhoti akakurumbira. Sarudzo dzakapa maDemocrat kutonga kwakabatana kwemapazi epamutemo neanotonga kekutanga kubva musarudzo dza1994. Mushure mesarudzo, Bush akaonga Obama ndokumukoka kuWhite House. Nebetsero yehurumende yaBush, kuchinja kwehutungamiri kwaBarack Obama kwakarangarirwa zvakanyanya sekubudirira, kunyanya kwekuchinja pakati pemapurezidhendi emapato akasiyana. Mukati mokugadzwa kwake
musi waJanuary 20, 2009, Obama akatenda Bush nokuda kwebasa rake semutungamiri wenyika uye kutsigira kwake kuchinja kwaObama.