 She was in the Senate for eight years and then four years as secretary of state so she has got 12 years of working together with the Senate Kaine said When the president was elected and I m a big supporter of President Obama and a friend he had been in the Senate four years Two years he was running So just in terms of the time into the relationships Yes on her first day she will have a deeper well of relationships in Congress than President Obama had on his first day 