Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi waAugust 29, 2008, McCain akazivisa Gavhuna weAlaska Sarah Palin sechisarudzo chake chisina kutarisirwa chemumwe mukwikwidzi. McCain akanga ari wechipiri chete weUnited States mukuru-party presidential nominee (mushure meWalter Mondale, uyo akasarudza Geraldine Ferraro) kusarudza mukadzi semumiriri wake uye weRepublican wokutanga kuita kudaro. Musi waGunyana 3, 2008, McCain naPalin vakava vamiriri vemutungamiri wenyika uye mutevedzeri wemutungamiri wenyika weRepublican Party pa2008 Republican National Convention
muSaint Paul, Minnesota. McCain akakwira mberi kwaObama mumibvunzo yenyika mushure mekokorodzano, sezvo kusarudzwa kwaPalin kwakasimbisa vhoti dzeRepublican dzakanga dzambomuvhunduka. Zvisinei, nekubvuma kwekupedzisira kwekambani, kuendeswa kwaPalin kune vezvenhau dzenyika kwakaenda zvakashata, uye maitiro evavhoti kuna Palin akakura zvakanyanya, kunyanya pakati pevanhu vakazvimiririra uye vamwe vavhoti vanonetseka nezvezvikwaniriso zvake.