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Public Says "The One" Ain't "The One"

By Doug Bandow on 10.21.09 @ 7:58AM

At least when it comes to the Nobel Peace Prize.

Reports Julie Mason of the Washington Examiner:

When Beltway Confidential wins the Pulitzer for its incisive political content, we like to hope that a majority of Americans will agree it was well deserved. While we await that happy day, a new poll by USA Today and Gallup finds 61 percent of Americans believe President Obama did not deserve the Nobel Peace Prize. Thirty-five percent said he did.

Now, that smarts! Asked if they were personally glad Obama won the award, 46 percent said they were, and 47 percent said they were not.

This probably wrecks President Barack Obama's chances of collecting the MVP award in the World Series.

About the Author

Doug Bandow is a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute and the Senior Fellow in International Religious Persecution at the Institute on Religion and Public Policy. A former Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan, he is author of Beyond Good Intentions: A Biblical View of Politics (Crossway).