After the Vice President, the House Speaker is next in line to be President of the United States. The Speakership is the pinnacle of a politician’s career. John Boehner, Republican of Ohio, has called it the job he’d always wanted. But today, Boehner announced that he’s resigning from Congress — to avoid a battle over House leadership.
House Speaker John Boehner Is Stepping Down
More
- Obama on Boehner resignation
- House Democratic Leader Pelosi on Boehner resignation
- Senate Majority Leader McConnell on Boehner resignation
- NBC News poll on voters' dissatisfaciton with McConnell, Boehner
- Conservative Review on Mark Meadows' win, Boehner's resignation
- Everett on McConnell replacing Boehner as the right's new main bogeyman
- Corn's 'Showdown: The Inside Story of How Obama Fought Back against Boehner, Cantor and the Tea Party'
- Mann's 'It's Even Worse than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided with the New Politics of Extremism'
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Guests:
- Burgess Everett - Politico - @burgessev
- Steve Deace - Washington Times - @SteveDeaceShow
- David Corn - Mother Jones magazine - @DavidCornDC
- Thomas Mann - Brookings Institution / University of California, Berkeley - @BrookingsGov