Everybody was caught flat footed. Nobody knew this would happen. The White House was caught flat footed. They knew he had been nominated but there was no expectation of winning. There was no countdown on the news about the Nobel, as they did for the Olympic thing.
And now the liberals are upset that Republicans don’t appreciate this great honor and achievement. The liberals aren’t being honest that they too were flat footed and can’t really explain what big achievements won this award for Obama. So it’s back to attacking Republican over the Republican reaction to the news, rather than the news itself.
Did any of us even know he was a nominee? I would think that bit of info would have been on FR if it were public knowledge.