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Time Person Of The Year 2012: Barack Obama (PHOTO, POLL, VIDEO)

Obama: Time's Person Of The Year
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President Barack Obama has been named Time's Person of the Year.

Managing editor Richard Stengel unveiled the magazine's choice on Wednesday's "Today." He said it was remarkable that the president won two terms with over 50 percent of the popular vote as a Democrat. He also noted that Obama took office in an economic crisis, and credited him with creating a new political "alignment like Ronald Reagan did forty years ago."

This is the second time that Time has chosen Obama. The magazine said it named him Person of the Year in 2008 for winning against the odds and becoming the first black president of the United States.

"For finding and forging a new majority, for turning weakness into opportunity and for seeking, amid great adversity, to create a more perfect union, Barack Obama is TIME's 2012 Person of the Year," Stengel explained in his note this year.

Time's Michael Scherer wrote in a profile of the president:

Beyond the Oval Office, overwhelming challenges remain: deadlocked fiscal-cliff talks; a Federal Reserve that predicts years of high unemployment; and more unrest in places like Athens, Cairo and Damascus. But the President seems unbound and gives inklings of an ambition he has kept in check ever since he arrived at the White House to find a nation in crisis.

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Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani girl who was shot by the Taliban for fighting for better girls’ education, was this year's runner-up. Other finalists included: Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi; Bill and Hillary Clinton, Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer, Apple CEO Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, and the three scientists who discovered the Higgs Boson particle.

Time's Person of the Year is an annual tradition. Last year, the magazine chose "the protestor" in recognition of demonstrations all over the world, including Arab Spring, Occupy Wall Street and the anarchists in Greece.

Let us know what you think of Time's pick in the poll below.

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In this Oct. 8, 2012, photo, President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign event in San Francisco. The last campaign got the glory. This one is the grind. For all the many ways that Obama's bid for a second term is different than his first, the one that stands out now is the feel at the finish. The crowds are behind him, but this is not the 2008 "Fired Up, Ready To Go!" Obama's admonition to supporters might as well be turned around _ be ready to go, or I may get fired. (AP Photo/Noah Berger) (credit:AP)
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FILE - In this Oct. 9, 2012 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. It's more than President Barack Obama's lackluster debate performance that has some Democrats on edge a month from Election Day. Party loyalists, both in Washington and in battleground states, are fretting that Obama's campaign has been slow to rebound after Republican Mitt Romney's commanding debate. They're worried that the Democratic ticket isn't aggressive enough in blocking Romney's post-debate pivot to the political center. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File) (credit:AP)
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US President Barack Obama waves with Latin pop band 'Mana' during a campaign event September 30, 2012 at Desert Pines High School Campaign in Las Vegas, Nevada. The band members from left are: Sergio Vallín, Fher Olvera, Alex Gonzalez, and Juan Calleros. AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/GettyImages) (credit:Getty Images)
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WEST PALM BEACH, FL - SEPTEMBER 09: U.S. President Barack Obama shakes hands with supporters during a campaign event at the Palm Beach County Convention Center September 9, 2012 in West Palm Beach, Florida. Working with the momentum from this week's Democratic National Convention, Obama is on a two-day campaign swing from one side of Florida to the other on the politically important I-4 corridor. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
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US President Barack Obama speaks during a Kids' 'State Dinner' hosted by First Lady Michelle Obama (R) in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, August 20, 2012. This first time event includes 54 children, ages 8-12, from all US states, three territories and Washington, DC, to a luncheon in support of the Let's Move campaign, featuring healthy recipes and a performance by Nickelodeon's Big Time Rush. AFP PHOTO / Saul LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/GettyImages) (credit:Getty)
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US President Barack Obama greets guests during a Kids' 'State Dinner' hosted by First Lady Michelle Obama in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, August 20, 2012. This first time event includes 54 children, ages 8-12, from all US states, three territories and Washington, DC, to a luncheon in support of the Let's Move campaign, featuring healthy recipes and a performance by Nickelodeon's Big Time Rush. AFP PHOTO / Saul LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/GettyImages) (credit:Getty)
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WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 19: (AFP OUT) (R-L) U.S. President Barack Obama, Malia Obama, Sasha Obama, and first lady Michelle Obama walk from the White House to St. John's Episcopal Church August 19, 2012 in Washington, DC. Obama is embroiled in an election race with Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. (Photo by Dennis Brack-Pool/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
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US President Barack Obama walks across Lafayette Park to St. John's Episcopal Church to attend Sunday services with daughters Malia(2nd-L), Sasha(2nd-R) and First Lady Michelle Obama in Washington DC, August 19, 2012. AFP Photo/ Chris Kleponis (Photo credit should read CHRIS KLEPONIS/AFP/GettyImages) (credit:Getty)
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WINTER PARK, FL - AUGUST 2: U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign stop at Rollins College August 2, 2012 in Winter Park, Florida. Obama urged Congress to immediately prevent a tax increase and spoke about his plan to cut the deficit by more than $4 trillion through spending cuts and reforms. (Photo by Edward Linsmier/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
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WINTER PARK, FL - AUGUST 2: U.S. President Barack Obama waves after speaking during a campaign stop at Rollins College August 2, 2012 in Winter Park, Florida. Obama urged Congress to immediately prevent a tax increase and spoke about his plan to cut the deficit by more than $4 trillion through spending cuts and reforms. (Photo by Edward Linsmier/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
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US President Barack Obama (3L-front) greets members of the crowd after speaking during the National Urban League convention at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana, July 25, 2012. AFP PHOTO / Saul LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/GettyImages) (credit:Getty)
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US President Barack Obama (lower-R) waves after speaking during the National Urban League convention at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana, July 25, 2012. AFP PHOTO / Saul LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/GettyImages) (credit:Getty)
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In this Nov. 2, 2012 file photo, President Obama speaks to supporters during a campaign event at Franklin County Fairgrounds in Hilliard, Ohio. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File) (credit:AP)
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