Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I ārahi poto a McCain i roto i ngā pōti o te whakataetae i tangohia i muri i te huihuinga Republican, engari i tere hoki mai a Obama hei rangatira i roto i ngā pōti. Ko te pakanga a McCain i tino kino i te koretake o te kawanatanga o Bush me te Pakanga o Iraq, a ko te whakautu a McCain ki te pakarutanga o te raru o te tahua i te marama o Hepetema 2008 i kitea he koretake. I wikitoria a Obama i ngā pōti pōti 365 me te 52.9% o te pōti whānui. I hoatu e te pōtitanga Democrats mana unified o nga manga ture, me te whakahaere mo te wa tuatahi mai i te pōtitanga 1994. Whai muri i te pōtitanga, i mihi a Bush ki a Obama, ā, i tonoa ia ki te Whare Pōtae. Ma te awhina o te tari Bush, ko te whakawhiti perehitini o Barack Obama i kiia he angitu, ina koa mo te whakawhiti i waenga i nga perehitini o nga roopu rereke. I tana whakarewatanga
I te 20 o Hanuere 2009, ka whakawhetai a Obama ki a Bush mo tana mahi hei perehitini me tana tautoko i te whakawhitinga a Obama.