The 2008 TIME 100 Finalists

Read about the leaders, artists, enterpreneurs and thinkers who, in your opinion, deserve a spot on this year's TIME 100 —Scott Brown and Michelle Kung

ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR.

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AGE: 52
OCCUPATION: Environmental lawyer and advocate
NUMBER OF TIME COVERS: 0
PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE TIME 100: 0

PRO: His endorsement of Hillary Clinton provided something of a counterweight to Teddy and Caroline's public move to the Obama camp.

CON: Seems easily caricatured as an extreme radical, given his embrace of the "conspiracy theory" that the Republicans stole the 2004 presidential election.

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