President Barack Obama awoke this morning to a surprise few people experience: he was told he just won the nobel peace prize. tonight we asked new mexicans and a local political blogger what they think about the award. as our eric kahnert explains, the president wasn’t the only one surprised by the prize. he's the fourth u-s president to receive the nobel peace prize. 48 year old barack obama was picked from 205 nominees for his efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples. so what do new mexicans think? "you get honors for deeds, not for promises.-4" "i think he has done some things to bring people together but in terms of an actual accomplishment, i'm not totally convinced that that has happened.-9" we met up with political blogger joe monahan to get his take on the president's prize. "sometimes the nobel committee gives the prize for aspirations, what you hope to accomplish, of course he has the power and ability to accomplish a lot.--8" monahan says the political world is abuzz over the prize. "there's the hard core right who says this guy doesn't deserve the time of day, then there's the hard core left who's saying see we told you so this is going to rebuild america.-9" critics say obama has yet to make major breakthroughs on international conflicts like getting troops out of iraq, forcing iran to forgo its nuclear program and improving diplomacy with the muslim world. supporters say obama has been able to bailout the financial industry ... and is helping the nation recover from the worst recession since the great depression. obama isn't the first nobel prize winner without a huge list of accomplishments. "yasser afarat won the peace prize back in the 90's for his plans to pursue peace in the middle east well, it never happened it blew up and the nobel committee was criticized for that award.-12" monahan says only time will tell if the committee's latest pick — is a good one. ekeywn4. the deadline for peace prize nomina...