Obama's My Man

Prospect Mountain High School freshman Marcos Pagan, 14, shows his Barack Obama pride during a visit from the Presidential hopeful at his school in Alton. Pagan, who is Puerto Rican, says that as a minority it inspires him to see a black candidate running for office. "It shows that anyone can have power in the government," Pagan said. He and his two sisters made t-shirts for Obama's visit. Pagan also applauds Obama's ideas about healthcare and the removal of troops from Iraq. "He supports everything I believe in," Pagan says. Photo by Lori Duff