Will the Resignation of Speaker Boehner Help or Hurt President Obama?

SPC Andrew Griffin
Since President Obama is a lame duck President, the announcement of of the resignation of House Speaker John Boehner will not help President Obama. John Boehner tried hard to work with the administration even though his positions differed significantly from many of the President's public positions on significant issues.
The next Speaker will likely be less conciliatory with the administration. In that sense I expect there will be some more games of chicken between Congress and the Administration before the end of the year.

I think that Mr. Boehner's resignation has more to do with him trying to pick up a shit covered stick by the clean end. On one side he has the hard line conservatives saying no compromise, no matter what. On the other side he is, as the speaker of the house, the one who is supposed to be guiding the body toward compromise that is in the best interest of the nation. When it got to be too much, he decided to step down. I just wonder if it was the pressure from his party, his conscience, or the stress of it that finally put him over the edge.

"Neither" would be my guess. It's not like the House has done anything at all over the past five years, other than passing meaningless political legislation that only serves to help their campaigns. All of their bills have died in the Senate, with the exception of those CR or appropriation bills that fund basic government functions.