Erick Erickson, the managing editor of RedState.com, the largest online community of conservative activists and the most widely read right of center blog on Capitol Hill said:
I did not realize the Nobel Peace Prize had an affirmative action quota for it, but that is the only thing I can think of for this news. There is no way Barack Obama earned it in the nominations period.
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