TIME has picked VERY UNPOPULAR PEOPLE for this. Remember, it is the person with the most influence on world each year. hitler got it. bin laden SHOULD have gotten it - he hit the towers, starte a war, etc - but they chose guiliai instead for sales reasons (bin laden on cover wouldn't sell many issues!)
And since pelosi is probably pulling obama' strings as he rewrites world economic policy, nuke policy, etc....
Guys, she probably is the most influential person on the planet in 2009. Deal with it. it's not a popularity contest - it's a measurement of who influences the world.