I happen to be a huge Obama fan. And I am astounded that he was even nominated, let alone won.

The mid day news said this was a statement against the prior Administration as much as anything else. That Europeans did not like Bush, not one bit. That this is in support of what Obama stands for.

I'm with many of the above comments, this award usually (I don't know the history to say always) goes to someone who accomplished their goal, or fairly close to it. (If you wanted to open 50 schools and only got 32, that was fine.) This does seem to cheapen what it means, IMO.