Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Mumwe wevatsigiri vekutanga vaBarack Obama semutungamiri wenyika
, Schatz akaumba boka nevamwe veHawaii Democrats muna Zvita 2006 kuti vakurudzire Obama kumhanya, vachiti, "Kwemakore matanhatu apfuura takatongwa nekutya, kutya magandanga, kutya dzimwe nyika, kunyangwe kutya rimwe bato... munhu wese ari kutonga nekutya uye Barack Obama anochinja zvese izvo. Anoda kutonga United States netariro". Muna 2008 Schatz akashanda somutauriri wekambani yaObama muHawaii.