Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pausiku hwokutanga hweDemocratic National Convention ya2008
, Craig Robinson akasuma munun'una wake. Akapa hurukuro yake, panguva yaakatsvaka kuzviratidzira iye nemhuri yake sechiitiko cheAmerican Dream. Obama akati iye nomurume wake vanodavira "kuti unoshanda zvakaoma nokuda kweizvo unoda muupenyu, kuti shoko rako chisungo chako, uye unoita zvaunotaura kuti uchaita, kuti unobata vanhu nechiremera noruremekedzo, kunyange kana usingavazivi, uye kunyange kana usingabvumirani navo". Akasimbisawo kuda kwaaiita nyika yake, zvichida achipindura kutsoropodzwa kwaakaitwa paakati ainzwa "achidada nenyika yake kekutanga muupenyu hwake". Kutaura kwokutanga kwakaratidzwa sokukanganisa. Hurukuro yake yokutanga yakagamuchirwa zvakanaka uye yakawana wongororo dzakanaka zvikurusa. Ongororo yeRasmussen Reports yakawana kuti kufarirwa kwake pakati pevaAmerica kwakasvika 55%, yakakwirira kwazvo kwaari.