Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Musi waAugust 29, 2008, McCain akazivisa Gavhuna weAlaska Sarah Palin sechisarudzo chake chisina kutarisirwa chemumwe wake. 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 waSeptember 3, 2008, McCain naPalin vakava vakasarudzwa neRepublican Party kuti vave mutungamiri wenyika uye mutevedzeri wemutungamiri wenyika pa
Gungano reNational Republican ra2008 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.