 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Pashure pokukunda kwake musarudzo yomutungamiri wenyika ya1904, Theodore Roosevelt akazivisa kuti aisazotsvaka kusarudzwazve muna 1908. Roosevelt akafunga kuti Secretary of War Taft ndiye aizomutsiva, kunyange zvazvo Taft pakutanga akanga asingadi kumhanya, uye angadai akasarudza kugadzwa kuva mutongi mukuru weDare Repamusorosoro. Roosevelt akashandisa kudzora kwake boka rezvematongerwe enyika kuti abatsire mugari wenhaka wake, uye vanhu vakagadzwa naRoosevelt mune zvematongerwe enyika vaifanira kutsigira Taft kana kuti kuramba vakanyarara. Nyanzvi dzezvematongerwe enyika dzakawanda dzeRepublican, dzakadai saGurukota reHurumende yeMari George Cortelyou, dzakaedza kuti dzikwire asi dzakasarudza kuramba dziri panze. Gavhuna weNew York Charles Evans Hughes akamhanya, asi paakataura hurukuro huru yezvematongerwe enyika, Roosevelt akatora matanho okuderedza kufukidzwa kwekutsvaga kwaHughes. Taft haana kutarisana nokushorwa kwakakomba paNational Convention yeRepublican ya1908uye akakunda kusarudzwa somutungamiri wenyika pakusarudzwa kwokutanga. Taft aitarisira kuti mukwikwidzi wake aizova weMidwestern anofambira mberi kufanana naSenator weIowa Jonathan Dolliver, asi panzvimbo pezvo kokorodzano yakasarudza Congressman James S. Sherman weNew York, anochengetedza. Taft akasiya basa rake saGurukota reHondo musi wa30 June kuti azvipire nguva yakazara pakurwisa. 