The question that team Obama does not want asked: "Does this guy know what the hell he's doing?"

Ace of Spades is of the opinion that the Nobel Peace Prize will cause more people to start asking "the question."

You don't want The Question asked when you're not really doing so well.

This is the problem that the Nobel committee has tossed into Captain Wonderful's lap.

Real unemployment is at 17%, he tripled the deficit to $1.4 trillion, we're looking at possibly two generations (40 years!) of economic malaise and endless debt, Iran's about to get the bomb, he continues to dither on Afghanistan, a war he swore he'd win, he's a hyperpartisan archliberal (at best), he can't get his own party to vote for his leftwing healthcare plan, his primary community-organizer supporters moonlight as child-sex-trade enablers, etc.

Obama does not want voters thinking very hard about The Question -- this one, whether voters support him, or even think he's competent at all -- at this time. He would very much like them to delay thinking about this question until he gets a little bit of good news.

When will that be? Who knows. Maybe no for a long time. But definitely not now.

This ridiculous, laughable non-achievement not earned by Obama forces the public to start answering The Question at the nadir - so fa-ar! -- of his young, failed presidency.

And he didn't need that.

His ego wanted the prize and overwhelmed what little sense he had. Had he thought this through, he would have realized he did not want people asking The Question "Does this guy know what the hell he's doing?" now.

Some are beginning to call this the "poisoned chalice." I wonder if the Norwegians secretly hate Obama.