Why Obama? Read the the rationale of the Nobel Committee:

[Are_grits_groceries]

Barack Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize

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The committee said it wanted to enhance Mr. Obama’s diplomatic efforts. “We are awarding Obama for what he has done,” the committee said. “Many other people and leaders and nations have to respond in a positive way” to President Obama’s diplomacy.
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Thorbjorn Jagland, the chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee and a former prime minister of Norway, told reporters that Mr. Obama, who took office in January, had already contributed enough to world diplomacy and understanding to deserve the prize.

Asked whether the prize was given too early in Mr. Obama’s presidency, he said: “We are not awarding the prize for what may happen in the future but for what he has done in the previous year. We would hope this will enhance what he is trying to do.”

He said the conflict in Afghanistan “concerns us all. We do hope an improvement in the international climate could help resolve that.” Mr. Jagland had been asked by a reporter whether Mr. Obama’s selection for the award was intended to influence the American debate on troops levels in Afghanistan.

“One of the first things he did was to go to Cairo to try to reach out to the Muslim world, then to restart the Mideast negotiations and then he reached out to the rest of the world through international institutions,” Mr. Jagland said, mentioning in particular the recent United Nations Security Council meeting on nuclear disarmament.

The announcement of the prize noted the special importance the Nobel committee attached to President Obama’s vision of a world without nuclear weapons. “Obama has as president created a new climate in international politics. Multilateral diplomacy has regained a central position, with emphasis on the role that the United Nations and other international institutions can play,” the committee said.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/10/world/10nobel.html?_r=1&hp

Read the entire article.

[Are_grits_groceries]

1. This is a clue

for all of you wondering souls.

[wroberts189]

2. proud to knr this, nt.

[aikoaiko]

3. I think the award is as much for the American people for electing Obama as it is for Obama himself.

Its clear that things they cited are not groundbreaking, but they are a huge break from the policies of his predecessor. And I can see why the international peace community would want to recognize and reinforce his actions and the voting of the American people.

Hooray for us all.

[elocs]

4. Isn't it possible to find a Nobel Peace Prize winner without having to go through a rationale?

But, on edit, congratulations on his win. I just never considered it.

[Are_grits_groceries]

5. Google some Nobel winners.

Use their names and Nobel citation.

All of them have long rationales. It isn't just a 2 sentence summation.

[BumRushDaShow]

6. K&R

I really see now how so many supposed members of our party, have become contaminated with hate. There are alot of bitter people out there. Sad.

[Are_grits_groceries]

7. here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6733317

[malaise]

8. Rethug heads are exploding

and malaise is lovin' it. :rofl:

[truedelphi]

10. Inter com to janitorial services at Fox studios - "Cleanup needed

In studio four. Big mess on chair, and Hannity is missing."

Half hour later "Cleanup in studio six - big mess on chair, and O'Reilly is missing."

[nashville_brook]

9. it's a tremendous gift of political currency and i hope it is used to move us more toward peace

[truedelphi]

11. Same hopes here. n/t

[LWolf]

12. Because he's been so diplomatic in Afghanistan,

and he's done such a great job removing U.S. troops from Iraq.

It was especially diplomatic of him, during the campaign, to talk about how he would take unilateral action in Pakistan.

[northamericancitizen]

13. K & R

[Kind of Blue]

14. It's lalalalal for many with their fingers stuck in their ears.

No reason from the Committee about Their Prize makes sense nor will ever be good enough. Obama just shouldn't have it because he should have cleaned up 8 years of one catastrophe after another in 9months. Funny and ridiculous all at once. K&R

[CoffinEd]

15. Are you really going to believe what the NC says?

:sarcasm: