American weekly U.S. News and World Report has selected the 10 most powerful people in the Barack Obama administration and is letting an online poll decide the ranking.

Clockwise from the top left, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Senior Adviser David Axelrod, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, Attorney General Eric Holder, National Security Adviser Jim Jones, National Economic Council Director Larry Summers, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, and first lady Michelle Obama

So far first lady Michelle Obama (27.21 percent) leads the poll, followed by White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel (27 percent), and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (14.47 percent). Vice President Joe Biden, who would succeed to the presidency if Obama died, is not included in the top 10.