Split-Candidate Covers (Or: Who Wore It Best?) - Updated

On the left, the upcoming cover of Time.

On the right, Newsweek's famous November 20, 2000 cover – named one of ASME's Top 40 Magazine Covers of the Last 40 Years in 2005.

Same concept, different executions. Which one do you prefer?

UPDATE: The New Republic wants everyone to know that they also ran a similar cover:

UPDATE 2: Actually, it's an NBA ad.