Although the Plame affair has tarnished his reputation for honesty with independents, it has hit him in the first year of his second term, allowing him to recover.
And the hurricane has hit him in specific ways, with the Thursday poll and others giving him lower marks than before on his traditional strong suits, such as tough leadership and ability to handle a crisis.
Perhaps it is this perspective that has made him a hit Down Under.
As things turned out, though, the bad timing in Brazil hit him hard - he has admitted to going back to the hotel bar and getting drunk as he mulled over the missed opportunity.
On the one hand, Cain has been hit recently with a barrage of negative publicity that has the power to tarnish him in both the eyes of Democrats and Republicans.
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Mr. NOWICKI: Well, I think his popularity has taken a hit in Arizona this year, partly because of the illegal immigration issue, which has hurt him all around the country.
If he does, it would make sense for him to look at who has taken the biggest hit so far.
Once a judge approves it--Moore tends to hit up the same jurists--no one has the gumption to challenge him: not his clients, who are often indigent and grateful for whatever he has won on their behalf, and not the defendants or their lawyers, who have no legal standing to challenge Moore's postsettlement moves.
Mr. Friedland has been hit by setbacks before but is upbeat by nature, say some who know him.
Bush, too, has reason to be optimistic -- aiming toward the November election, Democrats have hit him hard on his economic record, citing more than 2.5 million jobs lost since his administration began.
But injuries have limited him to just 21 Premier League starts in three seasons, although he has hit 12 goals in 57 appearances, the majority off which have been off the bench.
In as much, Canadian Eric Sprott, whose Sprott Inc. has precious metals trusts listed in both the US and Canada, took a 45% hit, knocking him off the list.
Granderson has hit at least 40 home runs in each of his last two seasons, so Yankees pitchers are glad to see him back.
He proved his post-Harry Potter mettle in the hit horror The Woman in Black, but now Daniel Radcliffe has moved even further away from the role that made him famous - playing poet Allen Ginsberg in the low-budget, independent thriller, Kill Your Darlings.
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