Ku dhammee weedhan soo socota: Mid ka mid ah taageerayaasha ugu horeeya ee Barack Obama
madaxweyne, Schatz wuxuu la aasaasay koox Hawaii Democrats kale December 2006 si ay ugu booriyaan Obama inuu tartamo, isagoo leh, "Lixdii sano ee la soo dhaafay waxaa na xukumay cabsi, cabsi laga qabo argagixisada, cabsi laga qabo wadamada kale, xitaa cabsi laga qabo xisbiga kale... qof walba wuxuu ku xukumayaa cabsi Barack Obama ayaa wax ka badalaya intaas oo dhan. Wuxuu doonayaa in uu Maraykanka ku xukumo rajo". Sanadkii 2008 Schatz wuxuu u shaqeeyay afhayeenka ololaha Obama ee Hawaii.