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- Barack Obama was selected as TIME magazine's Person of the Year for 2008
- Runners-up included Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Alaska Governor and former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Chinese film director Zhang YimouTIME: Runners-Up (December 2008)
- TIME says its Person of the Year "is the person or persons who most affected the news and our lives, for good or ill, and embodied what was important about the year"TIME: Person of the Year 2008 (December 2008)
- Then-Russian President Vladimir Putin was named Person of the Year in 2007FOX News: Time Names Obama 'Person of the Year'
- Other previous winners include President George W. Bush, Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos and musician/humanitarian BonoFOX News: Time Names Obama 'Person of the Year'
- Artist Shephard Fairey designed the cover art for the 2008 Person of the Year issue
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President-Elect Barack Obama was named TIME magazine's Person of the Year for 2008. According to the magazine, Obama, who was elected the 44th president of the United States in November 2008, "hit the American scene like a thunderclap, upended our politics, shattered decades of conventional wisdom and overcame centuries of the social pecking order."TIME: Why History Can't Wait (December 2008)
TIME Magazine Quotes
"He possesses a rare ability to read the imperatives and possibilities of each new moment and organize himself and others to anticipate change and translate it into opportunity."TIME: Why History Can't Wait (December 2008)"...the essence of both Obama's strength and his promise is that, according to a recent poll, a strong majority of Americans believe he will accomplish most of what he aims to do. For having the confidence to sketch that kind of future in this gloomy hour and for showing the competence that makes Americans hopeful that he will pull it off, Barack Obama is Time's Person of the Year for 2008."TIME: Why History Can't Wait (December 2008)
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