Muna Chivabvu 2002, Obama akaronga ongororo kuti aone mikana yake mumakwikwi eUS Senate ya2004. Akagadzira komiti yemushandirapamwe, akatanga kuunganidza mari, uye akaisa mumutsara wezvematongerwo enyika wezvematongerwo enyika David Axelrod muna Nyamavhuvhu 2002. Obama akazivisa zviri pamutemo kukwikwidza kwake muna Ndira 2003.Obama aive mupikisi wekutanga weGeorge W. Bush manejimendi ya2003 yekupinda muIraq. Musi waGumiguru 2, 2002, zuva iro Mutungamiri Bush neCongress vakabvumirana pachigadziriso chakabatana chinobvumidza Hondo yeIraq, Obama akataura kune yekutanga yepamusoro-Chicago anti-Iraq Hondo rally, uye akataura zvinopesana nehondo. Akataura kune imwe anti-hondo rally munaKurume 2003 uye akaudza boka kuti "hazvina kunonoka" kumisa hondo. Sarudzo dzeRepublican primary naPeter Fitzgerald uye mutungamiri wake weDemocratic Carol Moseley Braun dzakakonzera mukukunda musarudzo yekutanga yezvematongerwo enyika David Axelrod muna Nyamavhuvhu 2002. Obama
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