<o:p> Politicians
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What a year. Can we exhale yet?
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Even with the demise of Wall Street (and our 401ks), the thing people will remember most about this year was the American presidential election. They'll remember that a self-described "skinny kid with a funny name," with a white mom from <st1:State w:st="on">Kansas</st1:State> and a black dad from <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Kenya</st1:place></st1:country-region>, made history.
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1. 1Barack Obama <o:p></o:p>
2. 2Sarah Palin <o:p></o:p>
3. 3John McCain <o:p></o:p>
4. 4Hillary Clinton <o:p></o:p>
5. 5George Bush<o:p></o:p>
6. 6Ron Paul <o:p></o:p>
7. 7John Edwards <o:p></o:p>
8. 8Mike Huckabee <o:p></o:p>
9. 9Arnold Schwarzenegger <o:p></o:p>
10. 10Mitt Romney <o:p></o:p>
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