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Obama's Nobel: 'Well Deserved'
That was Donna Brazile's CW-busting take. The rest of the roundtable didn't buy it. Here was their take: GEORGE WILL: “Well, the Nobel Prize committee would with this decision have forfeited its reputation for seriousness if it had a reputation...
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October 11, 2009 in Barack Obama, Nobel Prize, This Week with George Stephanopoulos | Permalink | User Comments (124)
Nobel Wrap-Up: Net Plus but Economy Prize Preferred
Two Nordic cities. Two surprise announcements. So where do things stand after another Freaky Friday? When all the talk from today dies down, my guess is that Obama’s Nobel hasn’t changed all that much. Overseas, it probably gives the President...
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October 9, 2009 in Afghanistan, Nobel Prize, World News | Permalink | User Comments (17)
Huckabee: Don't 'Whine' About Nobel
Smart tone from Mike Huckabee on Obama's Nobel. Warns that conservative outcry will seem like "right-wing whining." Don't criticize, politely question. - George Stephanopoulos
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October 9, 2009 in Barack Obama, Nobel Prize, Republicans | Permalink | User Comments (70)
Limbaugh Unloads on Obama's Nobel Prize
President Obama’s winning the Nobel Peace Prize may have been a surprise. Rush Limbaugh’s reaction to it is anything but that. One week after labeling the president’s Olympics defeat “the worst day” of the Obama presidency, Limbaugh unloads on the...
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October 9, 2009 in Barack Obama, Nobel Prize | Permalink | User Comments (197)
Peace Prize Politics: 6 Key Questions
The big one, of course, WILL IT BACKFIRE ON OBAMA? The President played good defense in the Rose Garden, deftly deflecting the critics by agreeing with them: “I do not feel I deserve to be in the company” of other...
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October 9, 2009 in Barack Obama, Nobel Prize | Permalink | User Comments (189)
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