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Inside the brain of John Boehner

6:14 PM on 01/04/2013

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Newsweek/The Daily Beast’s Megan McArdle, Janell Ross of The Huffington Post, MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry, and Ben Smith from Buzzfeed join Alex Wagner to talk about John Boehner’s continued hold on his position of Speaker of the House, despite efforts of select Republicans who protested his leadership.

MSNBC host Alex Wagner and her panel on Friday delved deep inside the “psyche” of John Boehner. The panel explored what the newly re-elected speaker might be thinking following his grueling week of fiscal cliff negotiations, criticism from fellow Republicans and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Sandy recovery efforts, and narrowly surviving a backbench rebellion…

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