Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ka whakapuaki a Kaine i tana tautoko mo
Ko te tono perehitini a Barack Obama i te Hui-tanguru 2007. I whakapumautia ko te tautoko a Kaine te tuatahi mai i tetahi rangatira kua pootihia puta noa i te kawanatanga i waho o Illinois. Na te mea he kawana rongonui a Kaine mo tetahi kawanatanga ki te Tonga, he whakapae a te hunga papaho he kaitono pea ia mo te perehitini tuarua. I tautoko a Obama i a Kaine i tana pakanga mo te kawana, e kii ana, "He karere a Tim Kaine mo te kawenga tahua me te atawhai o te wairua. Ka taea e taua momo karere te hoko i nga wahi katoa". I te Hōngongoi 28, 2008, i kii a Politico ko Kaine "he tino, tino teitei" i runga i te raarangi poto a Obama mo te perehitini tuarua, he raarangi kei roto hoki a Senator Hillary Clinton o New York, te Kawana a Kathleen Sebelius o Kansas, Senator Evan Bayh o Indiana, me Senator Joe Biden o Delaware. I kōwhiria e Obama a Biden i te mutunga. I muri mai ka korerotia ko Obama i korero ki a Kaine, i te wawahi i nga korero ki a ia, "Ko koe te whiriwhiri o toku ngakau, engari ko Joe [Biden] te whiriwhiri o toku mahunga". I tuhituhi a Obama i muri mai kua whakaitihia e ia te whiringa mo tana hoa whakahaere ki a Kaine me Biden. I kii ia, "I tera wa, he tata atu ahau ki a Tim", engari i whakaaro a Obama me ana kaitohutohu a David Axelrod me David Plouffe mena ka whakaae nga kaipōti ki te tiikiti o "e rua nga roia rangatahi, kore wheako, me nga roia mana tangata rangatira" ana i whakaaro a Obama ko te rereketanga i waenga i a ia me Biden he kaha, a ko te pakeke me te wheako o Biden ka whakamarie i nga kaipōti e awangawanga ana he tamariki rawa a Obama hei perehitini.