Previous: Reaction: Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize | He doesn't actually have to do it, he just has to have aspirations. Think about it, it's so post-modern: a leader can now win the peace prize for saying that he hopes to bring about peace at some point in the future. President Barack Obama has just won the nobel peace prize. 'Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize to mixed reviews,' reads the Reuters headline, over a story noting the announcement was praised in some quarters but 'was also attacked, especially in parts of the Arab and Muslim world, as hasty and undeserved.' Iain Martin blogs for the Wall Street Journal: 'This is completely bizarre.

The New York Times calls the award 'a stunning surprise' given that 'likely candidates had been seen as including human rights activists in China and Afghanistan and political figures in Africa.' The chairman of the Nobel committee singled out Obama's efforts on nuclear disarmament, particularly at the most recent UN Security Council meeting, as deserving of recognition. The Nobel Committee said Obama was given the prize because he 'created a new climate in international politics' (insert your cap-and-trade joke here), but a range of media outlets and commentators spent the early hours trying to deduce why exactly a nine-month-old presidency merited the honor.

A surprise of historic proportions happened overnight, even more unexpected than the latest baseball playoff shocker: President Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

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