It’s no insult to Obama to say that TIME’s “Runner-Up”, Malala Yousafzai would have been a better choice than the boring predictability of giving a second nod to a re-elected president.
Actually if Obama has a second year to own it may be one of the next two if he can actually complete some of his program, and especially if that leads to control of congress in 2014.
But Malala’s introduction as a focus for a moement that could really change the world may well turn out to be the most important individual-related event for a long time.