Now on Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize: for the haters

Yea, Obama hasn’t done anything yet.

Iran. Obama authorized the first-ever’ direct talks with Iran, which were held in September. Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize in October for his renewed emphasis on international diplomacy. Obama has traveled outside the U.S. more than any other president in his first year of office, visiting 16 countries including Canada. He traveled to Cairo in July to deliver a speech to the Muslim world. Obama reached out to the Muslim world and ‘modified’ a Bush-era proposal for an anti-missile shield in Europe.” Climate change. A White House-backed bill to reduce carbon emissions has passed the House of Representatives. Supreme Court. Obama’s first Supreme Court nominee, Sonia Sotomayor, was confirmed by the Senate.

And for Obama haters: Despite the fact that even President Obama wasn’t sure that his record warranted a Nobel Peace Prize, the Norwegian committee is defending the decision. The U.S. is the most admired and appreciated country in the world according to a new poll (The Anholt-GfK Roper Nation Brands Index (NBI) surve). For those who think he hurt America…. Read More

“What’s really remarkable is that in all my years studying national reputation, I have never seen any country experience such a dramatic change in its standing as we see for the United States in 2009,” Mr. Anholt said in a press release on the survey

And yes, there’s a million people it could have gone to.