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Week of October 4, 2009 - October 10, 2009

Obama's Peace Prize and Right-Wing reaction

October 10, 2009, 2:13PM

There have been a lot of people who have questioned why, after only nine months in office, Obama deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. No sitting U.S. president since Woodrow Wilson has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, making this a very unusual decision. Why did the Nobel Foundation make their surprising decision? Equally puzzling is why did the Republicans have reacted in such an extremely partisan way to that decision?

The answer to those puzzles is becoming clear. Consider first why Obama deserves the award, then what the reaction of the American right wing to the award shows about them. Finally, consider what the award of the Peace Prize to Obama has done to advance the cause of world peace.

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