[daemonk]

When did the Nobel peace prize become the "most-influential" prize.

[hessenwolf]

I assume it must have been before it lost the status when they gave it to a guy who had yet to do anything, other than give some captivating speeches... so... several minutes sometime?

[aestra]

No way, it was always a joke.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Peace_Prize#Criticism

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize_controversies

[Shish2k]

> a guy who had yet to do anything

Thus making him infinitely more peaceful than every other major politician of the era :P

(If by "major politician" you mean "American president", and by "era" you mean "2001-2010". Which actually is what most people mean, AFAICT...)

[hessenwolf]

Let's scale it by how long he had been in power by that time...

[scrrr]

Who says it's the 'most-influential' prize?

[lechevalierd3on]

When Obama got it before he had a chance to do something to deserve it.