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

Jonathan Krohn

Erik S. Lesser / The New York Times / Redux
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AGE: 14
OCCUPATION: Lil' Limbaugh
PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE TIME 100: 0

PRO: One of the biggest hits at this year's Conservative Political Action Conference was a homeschooled pundit with the voice of a Muppet and the ideology of Alex P. Keaton. Laugh all you want, but the way things are going, he could soon replace Michael Steele.

CON: He'll have to rebel at some point, which in his case will probably consist of sneaking hits of NPR in the parking lot.

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