TIME chooses Barack Obama as Person of the Year 2008

As we come closer to the end of 2008, Time Magazine has just released their annuel issue naming the Person of the Year. This honor goes to Barack Obama, the soon to become 44th President of the Unites States.

Barack Obama made history this year by becoming the first African-American to access the White House.

Here is a quote from his interview with the magazine : "Well, I think we won a decisive victory. Forty-seven percent of the American people still voted for John McCain. And so I don’t think that Americans want hubris from their next President. I do think we received a strong mandate for change … It means a government that is not ideologically driven. It means a government that is competent. It means a government, most importantly, that is focused day in, day out on the needs and struggles, the hopes and dreams, of ordinary people. And I think there is a strong mandate for Washington as a whole to be responsive to ordinary Americans in a way that it has not been for quite some time."

Other finalists for this honor were U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin and Chinese director Zhang Yimou.

Check out the full interview right here.