So the internet is going crazy with reactions to Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize win. I was personally excited to learn that Obama himself called his win a “call to action”–which is exactly how I saw it when I heard the news.

But amidst all the hoopla I was most excited to see the level headed response of Andrew Sullivan over at The Daily Dish:

“If any person has done more to advance some measure of calm, reason and peace in this troubled word lately, it’s president Obama. I think the Cairo speech and the Wright speech alone merited this both bridging ancient rifts even while they remain, of course, deep and intractable. He has already done more to heal the open wound between the West and Islam than anyone else on the planet. I’d just add one caveat: the American people who elected him deserve part of the credit too. Now he needs partners to help him.”

Right on!

More responses below.

+Trending President Obama on Twitter

+ Obama’s Nobel Prize Inspires Conservative Outrage And Confusion (Huffington Post)

+ World Reaction to a Nobel Surprise (New York Times)

+ Peace Prize Reax II (The Daily Dish)

+ White House, World React To Obama’s Nobel Award (NPR)

What do you think about his winning the Nobel?

*photo by transplanted mountaineer (CC)