Oh no, it has not even begun to hurt him. While the republicans are mad now, they actually got an amazing gift. From now on every one of Obama's international initiatives will be scrutinized and framed by the opposition and the media as an attempt to live up to his Nobel Peace Prize status instead of him acting as the President of the United States in the best interests of the United States.
And regardless of whether this criticism is fair it will stick given american skepticism of all these european bureaucracies and european trophies. Especially in this case when americans realize full well that the award was not deserved and is therefore tantamount to a bribe. Your useful norwegian idiots shot themselves in the foot.
Oh and btw, we can argue all day long but the world-wide gasp of disbelief when the award was announced should tell you all you need to know as to whether it was deserved. People are not stupid.
