The Wannabee Peace Prize

My immediate reaction on hearing that Obama had won the Nobel Peace Prize was "What for?" It appears that everyone else has had the same reaction.
The Nobel Peace Prize has had some pretty dubious recipients but most, if not all of them had done something in order to merit consideration and not always very nice things either.
Obama has made some good speeches and has a good rhetorical style but his first few months in office suggest that he is still learning on the job. Give him time and there may be some worthy achievements but this award is premature and frankly debases the prize. Obviously the Nobel Committee are anxious (over-anxious?) to jump on the Obama bandwagon. However, it is very poor judgement. Expect the Nobel Prize for Economics to go to Gordon Brown.