Because the last one was so good?

From Reuters: “Nobel Peace Prize Winner Chosen, to Be Named Oct 10”

Stein Toennesson, director of the independent Peace Research Institute, Oslo, said the Pope topped his list of favorites this year followed by Brazil's Lula -- even though he thought the Nobel committee had been seeking a Muslim winner.

I guess once you’ve given the Nobel Peace Prize to Yassir Arafat, there’s no place to go but up.