President Obama was completely taken by surprise this morning on the revelation that he had won the Nobel Peace Prize. When asked if he knew he was being honored with the prestigious award, the President said he had no clue he was even in the running and only heard about it when his personal secretary woke him at 3 A.M. to tell him the news.

“I was floored,” said the exuberant President. “I didn’t see that one coming, that’s no lie! It was all over the news this morning. Way cool!”

The President was so giddy over having won the award, he could barely manage to get any work done in the Oval Office today, spending much of the day phoning friends and relatives to tell them the news.

Nobel officials are a little red-faced over not having informed the President in advance.

“I hope this didn’t catch him off guard,” said Frederik Peffermehl from his office in Oslo. “Uh…I guess I was supposed to call Mr. Obama, but it was such a hectic day yesterday. I completely let it slide by. Sorry.”

The new Nobel laureate will be traveling to Norway to accept his award in December.