I'm surprised people are surprised. Obama didn't accomplish anything to get elected president why should he accomplish anything to win a nobel. Also, a panel of left wing Norwegians selecting Obama as their beauty pageant winner for peace in '09 is only slightly more shocking than algore winning a nobel for the scare tactics he employs advocating "global warming" or jimmeh carter's nobel prize given his anti-semitic rants. Obama is in good company. I'm sure he's proud.