Stupid Pundit Question, Volume 831

In a slight variation of the "some say" framing, Chip Reid is concerned that "some fear" that the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to President Obama could "widen the partisan divide."

Q: I think the point a lot of your favorite people, pundits, have been making is that the response to this has been like this. I mean, most Democrats have praised it, and most Republicans have said, you have got to be kidding me — Ronald Reagan didn’t get one, but Barack Obama, nominated 12 days after he was sworn in, gets a Nobel Peace Prize. And the fear among some, even some Democrats, is that this is going to widen the partisan divide and make things even more difficult to accomplish on every front.

Seriously, Chip? The President's opponents compare him to Hitler, accuse him of setting up "death panels," of being the anti-Christ, or whatever other batshit crazy thing the lunatic of the day comes up with, while the Republican Party has been obstructing anything and everything he wants to do, but now that Obama has won the Nobel Peace Prize things might get ugly? Compared to what?