However Reynolds was damaged politically, having appeared more interested in holding on to power, at all costs.
Hitler was concerned that a relationship with a woman who had left her husband would be politically damaging to him, so the couple parted.
It doesn't necessarily mean that he is damaged politically.
President Clinton will not stand on principle when he thinks he might be damaged politically.
But many people have predicted that any request for more money will be politically damaging for the Administration.
Politically damaged, Dryden lost his seat in the 1898 Election.
It was an admission that the vote would be politically damaging to some Republicans, a pointless risk if the measure were doomed.
Republicans are clearly hoping to develop material that will capture the public's fancy and politically damage the President as he begins his drive for re-election.
In the next breath he told of his efforts to destroy every document that might politically damage President Reagan.
Still, a failure to meet the target could be politically damaging for the Democrats, especially on the eve of a Presidential election.