Every single vote counts.
That was the message of U.S. Rep. Neil Abercrombie, D-Hawaii as he met with UW-Madison students Tuesday at the Law Building.
Although 24 states participated in Super Tuesday,"" Abercrombie said not to declare a winner before Wisconsin's primary on Feb 19.
""I can't tell you how important [Wisconsin's] primary will be,"" he said. ""It's not ending [Tuesday] - it's just starting.""
Abercrombie said the 2008 presidential election could not be more individualized in terms of how each vote will count toward electing the next president.
The representative also stopped in Madison to support presidential hopeful U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill.
In his 34 years in politics, Abercrombie said he has never been more excited to support a presidential candidate.
""Senator Obama is not just a late-breaking phenomenon,"" he said.
Although Obama may be relatively young politically, Abercrombie said he is much at ease with himself and knows who he is.
""We've had plenty of experience in this country,"" he said, adding he thought Obama's orientation to reach out to people would keep him from making the same mistakes as some of the ""best and the brightest"" have previously made in Washington, D.C.
Abercrombie said humans are the only species that have to account for themselves, which adds to the dimension of depth in presidential races.
""This [race] is not about him - not about I,"" Abercrombie said. ""It's we - it's going to be about us.""
Obama wants to be the catalyst in making that change in politics, he said.
