Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - He kaitohutohu kore a Schmidt me te kaitautoko nui ki te kaupapa perehitini a Barack Obama i te tau 2008
, a ka timata ki te pakanga i te wiki o Oketopa 19, 2008, mo te kaitono. I whakahuatia ia hei kaitono pea mo te tūranga Kaiwhakahaere Hangarau Matua, i hangaia e Obama i roto i tana tari, a i whakaarohia e Obama mo te Hekeretari Tauhokohoko. Whai muri i te wikitoria a Obama i te tau 2008, ka noho a Schmidt hei mema o te poari kaitohutohu whakawhiti a te Perehitini Obama, katahi ka uru ki te Kaunihera Kaunihera o te Perehitini o te United States mo te Pūtaiao me te Hangarau (PCAST). Kua mahi a Schmidt ki te roopu hononga a te kawanatanga a Google.