Bob Owens at Confederate Yankee notes the absurdity of the Nobel Peace Prize being awarded to President Obama, who took office only two weeks before nominations closed:

Barack Obama won a Nobel Peace Prize for campaigning for President.

Good. Grief.

UPDATE: This from the UK Telegraph:

The award of this year’s Nobel peace prize to President Obama will be met with widespread incredulity, consternation in many capitals and probably deep embarrassment by the President himself.

Don’t bet on it.