Seeing the picture of the 3-year-old boy looking up at the President gave me a much better idea of the meaning of our electing the first African-American president in 2008. 

Voting for a president can be a meaningful act, despite the conventional wisdom that our votes mean nothing. And I think how much meaning a similar picture might be, eight years from now, of a little girl looking up and seeing the same kind of future that young Clark Reynolds saw. 

I recorded a seven-minute podcast, because written words aren't enough for this idea.