If it was just the right of center websites saying this, I'd write it off as partisanism.

...but Slate ( http://www.slate.com/id/2231909/ ),

the NYT ( http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/10/world/10nobel.html?_r=1... )

the Telegraph ( http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/b... )

Reuters ( http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE5981JK20091009 )

The Atlantic, the Washington Post, etc., etc., etc. (basically, ALL the media from left to middle to right) are saying that this was an inane decision.

I have to concur.