The 2009 TIME 100 Finalists

Cast your votes for the leaders, artists, entrepreneurs and thinkers who deserve a spot on this year's TIME 100. — By Brian Raftery

Eric Holder

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AGE: 58
OCCUPATION: U.S. Attorney General
PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE TIME 100: 0

PRO: He is embraced by both antiwar activists for his crackdown on waterboarding and potheads for his look-the-other-way stance on marijuana clinics.

CON: His "nation of cowards" jibe about America and race even managed to irk the President.

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