A premature Nobel Peace prize

My reaction is also that it's premature, but your comment is simply not true. There are many people arguing that it's deserved, from commentators like Andrew Sullivan to the figures cited in the international reaction pages of both the NYTimes and Le Monde. Furthermore, "ALL the media from left to middle to right" and your choice of publications to cite betrays a very US/anglocentric view of "ALL the media."

Inane in that Obama hasn't done anything to deserve it, yes. But it's smart if the Nobel committee wants to push the political scene in a certain direction. This award going to a young president will have an impact.

Probably not what the prize ought to be used for, but if it's effective...

"many of his policy efforts have yet to bear fruit, or are only just beginning to do so."

That sounds like the word "premature" to me.