2010 Person Of The Year

Mark Zuckerberg Runners up: The Tea Party, Julian Assange, Hamid Karzai, The Chilean Miners

Ben Bernanke: TIME Person of the Year

Here is Michael Grunwald’s excellent profile, and Rick Stengel’s explanation of how the Fed Chairman was chosen Person of the Year. So tell us, Swampland commenters: Did TIME make the right pick?

Nancy Pelosi: Another Runner-Up

In the Person of the Year issue that was unveiled this morning, I have this profile of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. Pelosi came in at #4 in the estimation of our editors. She is not only the highest ranking woman in the history of this country, standing second in line of succession to [...]