Who Will Be Person of the Year 2008?

Barack Obama? Gordon Brown? Michael Phelps? Click through the pros and cons of our finalists for Person of the Year and vote for the candidates you think are most deserving.

Michael Phelps

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Pro: His successful quest for 8 golds hooked a worldwide audience this summer. Without question, he's one of the greatest athletes of all-time.

Con: Phelps swims for a living-affecting my life how exactly? And though he's done some charitable work, Phelps' post-Olympic nightclub carousing hurts his humanitarian bona fides.

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