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

Arianna Huffington

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AGE: 58
OCCUPATION: The Huffington Post founder
PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE TIME 100: 1

PRO: It was her website that broke one of the biggest stories of the election, posting the audio recording of Obama's "guns and religion" gaffe. Traffic has surged, possibly because Huffington is on TV at this moment, plugging away.

CON: The site remains maddeningly overcrowded, and it will probably steal — er, "summarize" — this very entry.

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