After months of speculation (and even some criticism), President Obama has announced the names of organizations and amounts of money he is donating his Nobel Prize money to. True to form, the President made a diverse and balanced slate of organizations. For example, on education, he donated $125k each to the United Negro College Fund, the Hispanic College Fund, and the Appalachian Leadership and Education Foundation.

Someone on Twitter recently directed a question at Jake Tapper and me: Where did the President donate his Nobel Prize money? Included was a link to a Big Government post that alleged that he had already received the money.

Of course, we knew the answer to that one, as Robert Gibbs addressed this question a couple of weeks ago. Or did he?

John McCain said today of President Barack Obama‘s Nobel Peace Prize that, “As Americans, we’re proud when our President receives an award of that prestigious category…Americans are always pleased when the President is recognized by something on this order.” According to Bill Kristol and Liz Cheney on Fox News Sunday — not quite.

Peter Paul Rubens was a world-renowned painter of fleshy nudes — and a diplomat, spy and covert operative. His success as a diplomat was predicated on a combination of the high esteem in which he was held internationally and by his own great intelligence. Whatever one thinks about the timing of the Nobel, or of Obama generally, it’s hard to deny he shares these characteristics.

Today’s announcement of President Barack Obama‘s Nobel Peace Prize created quite a stir in the world of opinion journalism. The left seemed eager to agree with the seeming absurdity of getting such an honor only 12 days in office, but the right have been downright giddy — some went so far as to claim that this is “way worse than not getting the Olympics!” Huh?! Following is a run-down of real right-wing reaction to this morning’s news.

The same week that Saturday Night Live skewers President Barack Obama for accomplishing absolutely nothing, he has won the Nobel Peace Prize? Spin this: President Obama was 11 days into his presidency when nominations closed for the Peace Prize. What exactly was he nominated for? Forget Jimmy Carter waiting over two decades for his – One could argue that George W. Bush should have gotten the Nobel Peace Prize, since he literally may have done more for world peace by leaving office than Obama did by entering it.

Big news from Norway: President Barack Obama has won the Nobel Peace Prize. The prize was awarded for his “extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.” Kind of puts that whole Chicago thing in perspective, eh?