Is the 2008 race really historical?

I hear that the 2008 race for president of the US is "historic."

True: we have a person of color heading up the Democratic party, and he beat out the woman who blew through any glass ceilings. Plus, I don't think that the final 3 all being senators has never happened.

But for race and gender, it isn't history. Better said: it isn't the real history.

The real history of presidential campaigns won't be reported. It can never be reported.

The real history is when a person of color or a woman or an openly gay person runs for president and nobody notices their race or gender or sexual orientation.