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

Mike Huckabee

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AGE: 53
OCCUPATION: Commentator, candidate-in-waiting
PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE TIME 100: 0

PRO: Of all the 2008 Republican contenders, the guitar-playing, carb-hating former governor of Arkansas remains one of the most visible, landing a talk show on Fox News and pushing a best-selling book.

CON: If the GOP's identity struggle produces a more centrist platform, Huckabee's anti-abortion, pro-evolution stance could be problematic.

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