In his ongoing attempt to be Jed Bartlet:

[tzikeh]

Yeah, so Obama just won a Nobel Prize.

Peace, not Economics, but that's a quibble. ;)

I remember when the West Wing was in its first year, and a friend said to me that it was a complete fantasy. I agreed with her; I said it was like a liberal paradise which could never exist. She said "No, no, that's something that could happen. I mean, chances are not good, but it could happen. The U.S. President having a Nobel Prize?? AHAHAHAHA!"

Man, sometimes it's okay to wake up in the morning.