President Barack Obama is TIMEs Person of the Year

U.S. President Barack Obama is TIME's person of the year for 2012.

In a lengthy piece explaining the choice, TIME highlights the fact that Obama won the 2012 elections contrary to many experts' predictions. TIME's Michael Scherer also argues that Obama is perhaps now more experienced and better positioned to solve some issues which plagued the first four years of his presidency.

"After four of the most challenging years in the nations history, his chance to leave office as a great President who was able to face crises and build a new majority coalition remains within reach," concludes Scherer.

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