Two views on Obama'a Nobel

Robert Reich in Why Obama Should Not Have Received the Peace Prize -- Yet :
"Giving the Peace Prize to the President before any of these goals has been attained only underscores the paradox of Obama at this early stage of his presidency. He has demonstrated mastery in both delivering powerful rhetoric and providing the nation and the world with fresh and important ways of understanding current challenges. But he has not yet delivered. To the contrary, he often seems to hold back from the fight -- temporizing, delaying, or compromising so much that the rhetoric and insight he offers seem strangely disconnected from what he actually does. Yet there's time. He may yet prove to be one of the best presidents this nation has ever had -- worthy not only of the Peace Prize but of every global accolade he could possibly summon. Just not yet."

Barkley Rosser comment in the Economist's View post Obama's Nobel:
"Actually, LJM came closest to the most important thing that Obama has done, although I gather it was not mentioned in the award. This was his getting Iran to agree to send the majority of their enriched uranium to Russia for reprocessing to use in a medical reactor. This was made possible by his surprise move to cancel the ABM bases in Poland and the Czech Republic, a move denounced by the war hawks, but which brought the Russians on board for this agreement with Iran. I would also say that his timing in publicizing the second reactor in Iran was optimal for achieving this.

Nobody forecast this would happen. Nobody. And for months we had been hearing that the biggest threat to world peace was Iran getting nuclear weapons. I would say that this is very significant.

Right, Obama has not solved all our problems. He did escalate initially in Afghanistan, although he now appears to be resisting the push from the military for further escalation, much to the howls of the war hawks. His strong opposition to Israeli settlements did not push them into making peace with the Palestinians (and I must note that the Gaza incursion happened on Bush's watch, not Obama's). He has opposed the coup in Honduras, if not as vigorously as anne would like. Also, while he has not been able to achieve his goal with Gitmo, this has been mostly because nobody in the world, including in the US, is willing to take any of those people.

Oh yes, and he has improved relations with nuclear North Korea, albeit with a lot of help from Bill Clinton.

Finally, can anyone name the obvious person more deserving who has not already gotten it?"
The question is whether he will be hamstrung by the Nobel.