If you want to persuade, you need to be credible.
Watching John Boehner throw down the stimulus bill in front of what was undoubtedly a mostly empty House of Representatives makes me wonder what was the point? What was the strategy?
If he was trying to get on TV he succeeded. So I guess he has that going for him.
If he was trying to rally the people who already agreed with him to agree with him more, he probably succeeded as well.
But if he was trying to convince even one person who is on the fence, did it work?