Mr Smith senses that the crowding of the centre ground in British politics has damaged his party's appeal.
Her decision "relieves House GOP leadership of an unflattering distraction who not only perennially put an otherwise safe GOP seat at risk but damaged the party's brand nationally, " David Wasserman, analyst of House elections for the Cook Political Report, wrote Tuesday.
DeLay is not damaged when a party maverick such as Christopher Shays of Connecticut says he thinks the majority leader should resign.
Even journalists in Spain's right-wing newspapers who back the Popular Party believe that the scandal, so far, has already damaged the image of the prime minister and his party.
Fairly or unfairly, the ruling Congress party is likely to be damaged most.
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Ex-Prime Minister Boiko Borisov said his centre-right Gerb party's chances had been damaged by comments from other parties on the eve of the polls.
The prime minister, whose office was badly damaged in the Oslo blast, leads Norway's Labour Party, which runs the youth camp, where about 700 people were in attendance on Friday.
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Regional specialists believe that Tanzania's reputation as an honest broker and as a strictly neutral party in the conflicts afflicting its neighbours would be damaged by Tanzanian soldiers serving as mercenaries for forces outside the country.
Within a fortnight of the ceasefire, says Qasim Hussein, an upholsterer, the party had fitted a shiny new metal shutter onto his damaged workshop.
Vin Weber is a former Republican congressman and a party strategist who agrees that the brand Republican has been seriously damaged.
He was so damaged politically that he drew a historically rare primary challenge from within his own party, from Ted Kennedy.
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But the Welsh party is licking its wounds from the leadership battle, and has been damaged by the appearance of control from London.
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