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

Rod Blagojevich

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AGE: 52
OCCUPATION: Former Illinois governor
PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE TIME 100: 0

PRO: The dynamically coiffed Blago treated his exile as a celebrity roast, smiling for photographs and getting noogied on The View. He even landed a six-figure tell-all book deal. To paraphrase Blago, What the f___?

CON: He's still facing a federal indictment for allegedly trying to sell a U.S. Senate seat. Plus there's that whole shame-of-a-nation thing.

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