Given the stated Republican objective of intransigence with respect to any and all Democratic policy proposals, that seems like a win to me. What's Obama's major domestic policy legacy? The ACA, the Consumer Protection Bureau and... ... ... ...? Immigration reform? DOA. Card check? Couldn't even pass it under the Democrats. Substantive action on climate change? Nope. Medicare volume prescription drug negotiation discounts? No. Any kind of democratic reform? Nope. Closed Guantanamo? No. Sentencing reform? No. Hell, has Obama even been able to appoint enough people to fill most of the major federal agency or court vacancies? Nope. Republicans have won on every single one of those issues despite wide public support for most. Now some of that isn't the House's fault, most of that couldn't pass the Senate during the years of a strong Democratic majority. But certainly by having no legacy, Boehner has successfully torpedoed Obama's domestic policy legacy.
That's not to say I don't think Obama has done anything. He's been a very effective leader in some other respects. Generally good use of the bully pulpit, his staff hires have gone a long way to undo the joe-from-bible-college level nonsense picks Bush tried to elevate, good SCOTUS picks, and I believe that his public turnaround on same-sex marriage has helped accelerate public conversion on the issue. And in foreign policy, while he certainly hasn't been ideal in my opinion, he's obviously gotten things done in the manner he intends to.
But just to point out, of Boehner can retire and say "I stopped the Democrats from delivering a single piece of substantive legislation", he's no loser, he's a winner by his own standards.
Edit: Actually, to be fair, I didn't include Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. They did get that done. During the Democratic majority. Days after Obama became president.
