Fiscal Cliff Compromise Makes Both Sides Unhappy - Updated

House will vote on Senate bill on the #fiscalcliff without amendments at 9 p.m. ET, GOP aide says.on.cnn.com/UjwDVR
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) January 2, 2013

So. McCarthy and Cantor are no votes. Boehner and Ryan are yes votes. Hastert rule is broken. Bill passes.
— Sam Stein (@samsteinhp) January 2, 2013

House easily approves "Fiscal Cliff" deal -- 257-167. Dozens of Rs vote to tax the rich. @thenation @wegoted @edshow
— John Nichols (@NicholsUprising) January 2, 2013

Biden clearly did his job w/ house dems today. Only 16 voted no. And there are some 70 members of progressive caucus
— Dana Bash (@DanaBashCNN) January 2, 2013

Vote Breakdown: Yeas -> 85 GOP, 172 Dems. Nays -> 151 GOP, 16 Dems. Total 257 Yeas/167 Nays. #fiscalcliff
— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorpNBC) January 2, 2013

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Victory? No, Liberals Think Obama Caved

Obama: There ‘wasn’t support or time’ to negotiate better ‘fiscal cliff’ deal is.gd/TW0q2J
— The Raw Story (@RawStory) January 2, 2013

And liberals think he caved. MT @joenbc If bill becomes law, Obama will reverse 20yrs of GOP tax policy w/o any corresponding spending cuts
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) January 1, 2013

Often the left starts flipping out about an Obama "cave" only to find out the actual bill isn't that bad.
— Joy Reid (@TheReidReport) January 1, 2013

Obama needs some reason to give away the store again, that's why debt ceiling not included in the deal. #fiscalcliff is a lie.
— Cenk Uygur (@cenkuygur) January 1, 2013

I have upgraded my rating of the tax deal from Terrible to Probably Terrible With Potential For Sort-Of Okay nymag.com/daily/intellig…
— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) December 31, 2012

What I want for New Years: a Democratic Party that acts like it won the last election.
— Markos Moulitsas (@markos) January 1, 2013

So now that the bill is passed, America will be treated to Asshole Media Types commenting about Asshole Lawmakers. A true Assholefest.
— David Sirota (@davidsirota) January 2, 2013

In a single decade, the Dem Party has gone from opposing the Bush tax cuts, to affirmatively voting to make permanent most of those cuts.
— David Sirota (@davidsirota) January 2, 2013

its not a good #fiscalcliff deal if it gives more tax cuts to 2 percent and sets the stage for more hostage taking
— Richard L. Trumka (@RichardTrumka) January 1, 2013

Liberal definition of cave: anything less than 100% of what we want or failure to use presidential magic wandpoliticalwire.com/archives/2013/…
— Michael Cohen (@speechboy71) January 1, 2013

Conceder In Chief?
OK, now for the really bad news. Anyone looking at these negotiations, especially given Obama’s previous behavior, can’t help but reach one main conclusion: whenever the president says that there’s an issue on which he absolutely, positively won’t give ground, you can count on him, you know, giving way — and soon, too. The idea that you should only make promises and threats you intend to make good on doesn’t seem to be one that this particular president can grasp.
And that means that Republicans will go right from this negotiation into the debt ceiling in the firm belief that Obama can be rolled.
~ Paul Krugman on New York Times

Obama Caves on Taxes
The White House and Senate leaders reached a bipartisan compromise on the fiscal cliff that would allow tax rates to rise on income over $450,000 and delay steep automatic federal spending cuts for two months.
Two months? He sold out his chief campaign promise for a two month delay? How could someone this bad at negotiating get such great deals in the Chicago real estate market?
The deal plays perfectly into Republican hands. Senator Graham admitted on the Senate floor that he considered this deal “Round 1″ and the Debt Ceiling agreement “Round 2.” In other words, get ready for another shakedown to protect the rich at the expense of everyone else. And if it was not clear before, Obama has every intention of screwing those relying on social programs – in fact, he already did so by moving the needle from 250,000 to 450,000. That is a lot of lost revenue to make up for in cuts.
~ D.S. Wright on FireDogLake


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The GOP in Disarray and Disgusted

Live from DeMint World (Heritage): "FISCAL CLIFF BILL IS $600 BILLION TAX HIKE." heritage.org

— Robert Costa (@robertcostaNRO) January 2, 2013

The GOP lost alot tonight.They caved to a dictator in Obama.
— Billy Wickham (@ks_countryboy) January 2, 2013

Those Republicans voting for the legislation are giving up any chance of being POTUS.
— Matt Rexroad (@MattRexroad) January 2, 2013

Wow. Senate potential 2016ers voted no. But paul ryan just voted yes on fiscal cliff package
— Dana Bash (@DanaBashCNN) January 2, 2013

Thus ends the Paul Ryan 2016 Presidential Exploratory Committee.
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) January 2, 2013

House leadership is pathetic. They set up this monstrosity, then are shocked -- shocked! -- to find themselves forced to raise taxes.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) January 1, 2013

Cantor is right to oppose senate tax and spend billHouse gop should amend with spending cuts and send back to senate
— Newt Gingrich (@newtgingrich) January 1, 2013

SOBER New Year: First it was Chief Justice doing the dirty. Now Republicans raising taxes on ON 77% OF HOUSEHOLDS!Surrender guns next...
— MATT DRUDGE (@DRUDGE) January 2, 2013

Obama and the Democrats are laughing at the deal they just made...the Republicans got nothing!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 1, 2013

I am a Republican...but the Republicans may be the worst negotiators in history!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 1, 2013

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