Nobel Peace Prize Causes Fight

While some of us are still recovering from our pleasant, but confusing surprise of the president winning the Nobel Peace Prize, some battlelines were drawn Friday.

On one side you had your pundits, negative nellies and conservative opposition frothing at the mouth (as they're known to do), screaming that this is a travesty and will cause the end times, on the other you have the president's defenders, suddenly super knowledgeable in Nobel Peace Prize committee rulings, defending why someone who is in the midst of executing two wars and still hasn't figured out how to close Guantamano deserves a Peace Prize.

In the middle are me and several other folks who are happy for the president, but think the award was a tad premature. Obviously he's inspired the world and the committee has the right to give the award to whomever they see fit, but even the president didn't think he deserved it and was humbled by the whole experience. But at the end of the day, it's a good thing and always a good thing when an American receives such a huge accolade.

More after the jump.