As you know, Debbie, I'm a BIG fan of President Obama and yet I, too, was startled when I woke to the news this morning. My first thought was--I didn't hear that right. My second was-This sounds like a Colbert parody done on the theme of Obama as Messiah. Then I thought the personalities (just erased a much harsher name for them) at FOX News who hate the President are going to be pulling their hair and gnashing their teeth endlessly about this.
I'd like to add to this discussion that as peculiar as this choice seems to be, it isn't President Obama's "fault" that the prize was awarded to him. I heard one sympathic commentator on the way to school this morning say that this could turn out to be a poison chalice handed to the President as it will surely be impossible for him (as it would be for anyone) to live up to what are extraordinarily high expectations for his future actions based on this Nobel Prize.
BTW, I'll gladly accept my share of the prize, as Mrs. CustardTart suggested I deserved, for doing my part with checkbook and ballot to get Obama elected.