12 Days

UPDATE: Andrew Klavan sums it up nicely: "But that a group of presumably serious individuals convinced themselves that they might give such an award to a man who has accomplished nothing but the winning of elections does indeed say something about Obama’s role in their lives and the lives of people like them. It shows that they regard him as an empty vessel that they have filled with their political hopes and dreams–that they know he’s such a vessel and that they’re comfortable with that. This means, if you follow the logic, that the committee has essentially presented the Peace Prize to themselves, to their own feelings and aspirations. Thus, this year’s Nobel Peace Prize is, in effect, the ultimate expression of leftism: it’s people giving themselves an enormous pat on the back for their own excellent intentions without regard to results."

Original Post: By February 1, 2009, our president had written two books, been a full-time Senator for about 1 year (3 years part-time), gotten elected, and danced at some fancy balls.
He had not bowed to the Saudi King, he had not given I-Pods as gifts to the Queen and Prime Minister of England. He had not yet started on his apology tour. He had not thrown Poland and the rest of Eastern Europe to the Bears, nor had he quadrupuled the national dept. He had not yet appointed seven tax cheats to his cabinet, not had he found any wise latina judges (actually that is wrong, they have been trying to appoint her since 1993). He hadn't known of any stupidly acting cops, nor had he ignored the hundreds of teaparties and hundreds of thousands of protestors. He had not yet urged us to report fishy behavior, nor had he then asked us not to. He had not yet ignored the Black Panthers voting intimmidation, nor ha he asked the NEA to bring artists together to support his agenda, nor had he ignored ACORN's. He had not yet given bankruptcy preventing money to us auto manufacturers, nor had they declared bankruptcy anyway.
He had not ended the two wars the US is in. He had not closed Guantanamo Bay. Nor had he disarmed the US of its nuclear weapons. He had not yet threatened CIA operatives with lawsuits. Nor had he left Israel to fend for itself. He had not yet met with Chavez, nor sided with Zelaya. He had not yet failed to support the Iranian uprising, nor had he renamed the war on terror. He had not yet reversed positions on Darfur or ignored human rights abuses by China. Nor had been put on the Security Council where he was in a better position to do so.
The ocean levels are about the same, we only have 50 states and it has snowed earlier than in recorded history in some parts of the nation.
So why did the Nobel Committee award him the Peace prize? He was not George W. Bush.