Person of the year

Time magazine person of the year 2008, is Barack Obama, the O (or zero) representing total accomplishments. Time’s person of the year, 1940, could have been according to American sportswriter, Grantland Rice, Seabiscuit, who "proved his value of character and courage" with his "double value of heart and hoof."... Beauty is only skin deep, Rice said about the great thoroughbred turf stallion, but "true greatness must reach the unfathomed soul."... There "will never be another Seabiscuit." B.K Beckwith, who wrote a brief, celebratory biography of this deserving ‘person of the year,’ concluded that the "fire flame in his soul will burn in the tunnel of time forever." Seabiscuit for whom even a memorial coin was cast citing his "noteworthy courage and triumph," lit up the American stage for 6 years, setting speed records, making courageous comebacks, defeating all challengers and earning him the reputation of an athlete for the ages. These accomplishments displayed with dignity, perseverence, passion and grace burnished his image of equine greatness. How long a shadow will Time’s person of the year, 2008, cast?