For the most part, John Boehner is getting some pretty remarkably friendly press. What the president’s bizarre strategy inspired?

Friday’s profile is in the New York Times Friday. It ends with:

Mr. Boehner recalled what he told his top aide as they exited the room where he was ousted from the leadership in 1998.
“We are going to smile, we are going to work hard,” he said quietly. “And earn our way back.”

The possibly weirdest description of him ever, though, appears there: “Mr. Obama’s Gucci punching bag.”