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
AGE: 45
OCCUPATION: Governor of Alaska
PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE TIME 100: 0
PRO: Her VP nomination — along with her steamrolling convention address and ratings-breaking debate — revitalized the GOP's slumping self-image. By 2012, she could be a presidential contender or a red-state Oprah.
CON: What some see as from-the-gut straight talk, others see as ill-informed prattling. And we'll always wonder how John McCain would have fared had he not chosen a nominee who looked like the most famous female comedian in the country.
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