Now it's your turn to tell us who you think is the most important person of 2008. Should it be the second woman Vice Presidential candidate or her female doppelganger on Saturday Night Live? Vote for your choice, though the editors reserve the right to disagree. Their selection will be announced in the December 29th issue of TIME, on sale Dec. 19
In 1972, Henry Kissinger was the national security assistant to President Nixon, and both were named TIME Men of the Year. Kissinger explains why he was unhappy to be chosen
TIME editors explain the selection process and the need for secrecy in the magazine's annual pick of Person of the Year
TIME Senior Science Reporter Alice Park talks with AIDS researcher Dr. David Ho, the 1996 choice for Person of the Year
After the September 11th attacks on America in 2001, the decision for TIME's Person of the Year was not clear cut
TIME Managing Editor Rick Stengel put out a call on YouTube for suggestions for the magazine's 2008 Person of the Year. There were thousands of comments and dozens of video responses
TIME's selection of Russian Prime Minister (then-President) Vladimir Putin as its Person of the Year in 2007 proved prescient
Former media mogul Ted Turner recalls his selection as TIME Man of the Year in 1991, when his CNN network came of age in the first Gulf War
Covers and sound from the history of the TIME Person of the Year, beginning with the first one selected: Charles Lindbergh in 1927
Watch the debate highlights with Brian Williams, Elizabeth Edwards, Congressman Artur Davis, John Slattery, Seth Meyers and Suze Orman
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.
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