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12:50 AM ET, October 10, 2009

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DNC official: GOP siding with terrorists — A top Democratic National Committee official reacted furiously to a statement from Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele mocking — and describing as “unfortunate” — President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize. — “The Republican Party has thrown …

James Fallows:

Obama's Nobel remarks: four very skillful paragraphs — Six months ago I mentioned that it would be hard to improve on Barack Obama's impromptu press conference answer as to whether he believed in such a thing as “American exceptionalism.” I think the same is true of his remarks this morning about the Nobel Peace Prize.

Discussion: The Daily Dish, Bad Attitudes, WhiteHouse.gov Blog and Liberal Values

CNN:

State Dept. on Nobel: ‘Better to be thrown accolades than shoes’ — WASHINGTON (CNN) - “Certainly from our standpoint, this gives us a sense of momentum — when the United States has accolades tossed its way, rather than shoes.” — That's the take of Hillary Clinton's State Department …

Discussion: The Politico, Hot Air, Talking Points Memo and TPM LiveWire

Glenn Greenwald / Salon:

Obama's Nobel Peace Prize — (updated below - Update II) — When I saw this morning's top New York Times headline — “Barack Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize” — I had the same immediate reaction which I'm certain many others had: this was some kind of bizarre Onion gag that got accidentally transposed onto …

Discussion: The Jawa Report, The Moderate Voice, Open Left, The Washington Independent, At-Largely, The Confluence, The Swamp, Bob Cesca's Awesome Blog!, The Huffington Post and ATTACKERMAN

Washington Wire:

Steele's Nobel Comments Spark Backlash on the Backlash — Susan Davis reports on the Nobel Peace Prize. — The only thing fiercer than Republican National Committee chairman's reaction to President Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize is the backlash it's prompting—even within the GOP …

Discussion: The Hill

Totus / Barack Obama's Teleprompter's Blog:

That's Nobel-Prize Winning Teleprompter to You ... Wow. What I can I say. Wow. I'm honored. Clearly Big Guy - who can't stop dancing on the bed up in the residence right now, by the way - won this award for his speeches. I mean, after nominating himself for the Nobel Prize for Peace …

Discussion: American Power

New York Times:

Surprise Nobel for Obama Stirs Praise and Doubts — PARIS — The choice of Barack Obama on Friday as the recipient of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, less than nine months into his eventful presidency, was an unexpected honor that elicited praise and puzzlement around the globe.

Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:

DNC: Steele And GOP Have Thrown In Their Lot With The Terrorists By Criticizing Obama's Nobel — Dems intend to go on the offensive today by holding up Republican criticism of Obama's Nobel as the latest example of Republicans desperately hoping for America's failure, placing it alongside GOP cheer …

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Erick Erickson / Erick's blog:

Barack Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize: He's Becoming Jimmy Carter Faster Than Jimmy Carter Did. — I did not realize the Nobel Peace Prize had an affirmative action quota for it, but that is the only thing I can think of for this news. There is no way Barack Obama earned it in the nominations period.

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David A. Graham / Newsweek Blogs:
Obama Not First Surprising Nobel Peace Prize Winner: Seven Controversial Recipients

Discussion: News Desk, BBC, Reuters, VA£U€$, Politics Daily and PostPartisan

Diane Marie Amann / The Huffington Post: Only Nine Months, But Still Deserving of the Prize

Newsweek Blogs:
Rush Limbaugh: “Nobel Gang Just Suicide-Bombed Themselves”

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Nobelprize.org:
The Nobel Peace Prize for 2009

Ruth Marcus / PostPartisan:
A Nobel for a Good Two Weeks? — “Mom!” my 12-year-old yelled from the kitchen.

Discussion: The Page, Flopping Aces, Real Clear Politics, Sister Toldjah, Hot Air, Freakonomics and Pundit & Pundette

Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Limbaugh: ‘Greater embarrassment’ than losing Olympics

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, Andy Worthington, Gawker, The Huffington Post, Raw Story, Ben Smith's Blog, TPMDC, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS, Michael Calderone's Blog, Commentary and Top of the Ticket

Michael Binyon / Times of London:
Comment: absurd decision on Obama makes a mockery of the Nobel peace prize

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Mike Huckabee / Huck PAC:
PRESIDENT OBAMA'S NOBEL PEACE PRIZE

Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog and Hot Air

Richard Cohen / PostPartisan:
Palin, Vaughn, Rabinowitz Win Awards

Discussion: Washington Wire

Mickey Kaus / Kausfiles:
What Obama Should Do With His Nobel Peace Prize

Discussion: GOPUSA, The Corner on National …, The New Republic, Reuters, Time, Newsweek Blogs, Minnesota Public Radio, The Atlantic Politics Channel, Gawker, CNN, Commentary, Balloon Juice, Chicago Boyz, Slate and Washington Wire

Eric Kleefeld / TPMDC:
Right Wingers Pitch Fits Over Nobel Peace Prize

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Chris Casteel / Daily Oklahoman:
Sen. Jim Inhofe: Obama received Nobel Peace Prize for “de-emphasizing defense”

Discussion: The Hill, The Plum Line, The Hill and TPM LiveWire

Sharon Otterman / The Lede:
World Reaction to a Nobel Surprise

Discussion: BBC, The Daily Dish, The Reaction, Wizbang, Newsweek Blogs, Althouse and Talking Points Memo

William Kristol / PostPartisan:
Not a Parody — The magazine I edit, The Weekly Standard, features a Parody each week.

Discussion: Wonkette and Salon

Matt Yglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Nobel Prize Winner Barack Obama

Discussion: The Plum Line

Media Matters / Media Matters for America: RedState's Erickson smears Obama's Nobel Peace Prize as “an …

Anthony Man / Sun-Sentinel:

Broward Republicans go gunning — Congressional candidate draws fire for shooting at target bearing rival's initials — HALLANDALE BEACH - Armed with handguns and AK-47 and AR-15 assault rifles, the members of the Southeast Broward Republican Club abandoned the usual community center …

Discussion: The Juice, Glenn Thrush's Blog, Think Progress, The Hill, Washington Monthly, TPMDC and Raw Story

Adam Sage / Times of London:

Nuclear engineer from Cern lab arrested for al-Qaeda links — French agents have arrested a researcher from Europe's top atomic lab on suspicion of links to al-Qaeda, fuelling fears that terrorists could be targeting the nuclear industry. — The 32-year-old man, who was detained along with his brother …

Discussion: Telegraph, Atlas Shrugs, Hot Air and JOSHUAPUNDIT

BBC:
‘Al-Qaeda-link’ Cern worker held

Discussion: Matthew Yglesias and Liberal Values

Associated Press:

Rep. Skelton To Rep. Akin: “Stick It Up Your Ass” (VIDEO) — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — (AP) WASHINGTON — Show me some civility, Republicans cried Friday after a Missouri congressman speaking on the House floor was caught on microphone apparently cussing out a fellow Missourian.

Amanda Terkel / Think Progress:

Rep. Steve King: Matthew Shepard's Sexual Orientation Had Nothing To Do With His Murder — Yesterday, the House voted “to expand the definition of violent federal hate crimes to those committed because of a victim's sexual orientation” by passing the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act.

Discussion: The Gavel, The Hill, Minnesota Independent and The Political Carnival

Ezra Klein:

Bipartisanship Lost — I give David Brooks a hard time sometimes, but I really do wish the conservative movement would follow his example. “If I were in Congress, I'd figure there's an 80 percent chance of something like [the Baucus bill] passing anyway,” he writes.

David Brooks / New York Times:
The Baucus Conundrum — The longer the health care debate goes on …

Discussion: The New Republic

Adam Liptak / New York Times:

Sotomayor Puts Stamp on a Day at Court — WASHINGTON — Justice Sonia Sotomayor may be new, but she is not shy. She quickly established herself this week as a significant force in Supreme Court arguments, asking clipped, pointed and sometimes impatient questions.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:

Buchanan eyes taking on Altmire — Bush-appointed U.S. attorney weighs chances against Democrat — WASHINGTON — U.S. Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan is pondering a run for Congress to challenge Democrat Rep. Jason Altmire next fall. — Ms. Buchanan, a Republican and appointee …

Discussion: pa2010.com, Talking Points Memo and TPMMuckraker

Warner Todd Huston / Publius Forum:

How ACORN Hides Behind Fake Names — Many states have ways to look up the businesses, organizations and people with whom the state does business. Illinois has such a service on the Secretary of State's website. — In Illinois there is a way to search the folks the state does business …

Discussion: Lean Left