AGE: 50
OCCUPATION: Author, attorney, Kennedy
NUMBER OF TIME COVERS: 2
PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE TIME 100: 0
PRO: Shortly after endorsing Barack Obama, alongside uncle Teddy, she wrote an op-ed piece for The New York Times. Its title: "A President Like My Father."
CON: We're not entirely sure what she was getting at there. Maybe if she'd made it a little clearer? Campaign records reveal that she also donated to the Clinton campaign. Maybe because Hillary reminded her of her mother?