"Excessive praise can be unwelcome and embarrassing," noted The Los Angeles Times. "We endorsed him for the job, and we greatly prefer him to his predecessor. But it's difficult to see why he deserves the peace prize so soon after taking office. The Nobel committee didn't just embarrass Obama, it diminished the credibility of the prize itself."
The Washington Post, another newspaper that had endorsed Obama for president, was equally skeptical. "It's an odd Nobel Peace Prize that almost makes you embarrassed for the honoree," said the Post editorial. "In blessing President Obama, the Nobel Committee intended to boost what it called his 'extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.'
The Wall Street Journal, a conservative newspaper, said in an editorial that its reaction was "bemusement" at the Nobel Committee, which the paper said was "anticipating the heroic concessions that it believes Mr. Obama will make to secure treaties that will produce a new era of global serenity." "We all have at least three more years to learn if Mr. Obama will fulfill the audacity of hope that the Nobel Committee has put on him to bow to the values of the world's 'majority,'" the paper opined. Link
