New shutdown fix sought as faith fades in House GOP

Democratic legislators are looking for ways to circumvent the impotent Speaker John Boehner and solve the problem with a mix of Democrats and Republican centrists.

As hope fades that House Republicans are capable of restoring the United States government now that they’ve shut it down, Democratic legislators are looking for ways to circumvent the impotent Speaker John Boehner and solve the problem with a mix of Democrats and Republican centrists.

Watch former Rep. Steve LaTourette, R-Ohio, talk with Rachel Maddow about what the chances are that the Democrats’ discharge petition tactic will work.