USA Today has put out their annual "Most Admired" poll. Apparently, Gallup interviewed 1,019 nursing-home residents adults to slap together these two top-ten lists, which have a "margin of error of +/—4 percentage points." Perhaps you did not know that admiration is a science now. It's true!
Most admired man:1. Barack Obama
2. George W. Bush
3. Bill Clinton
4. Nelson Mandela
5. Bill Gates
6. (tied) Pope Benedict XVI
6. (tied) Billy Graham
8. (tied) Jimmy Carter
8. (tied) Glenn Beck
10. The Dalai Lama
Most admired woman1. Hillary Clinton
2. Sarah Palin
3. Oprah Winfrey
4. Michelle Obama
5. Condoleezza Rice
6. Queen Elizabeth
7. Angelina Jolie
8. Margaret Thatcher
9. (tied) Aung San Suu Kyi
9. (tied) Laura Bush
9. (tied) Barbara Bush
