“Tuesday’s vote on the fiscal cliff compromise deal passed the House 257-167, but Republicans voted 151-85 against.”
Everything else aside, looks like he stuck the Democrats with responsibility for it, and on the Republican side he separated the sheep from the goats.
He voted for it himself, hardly sticking “the Democrats with responsibility for it”.
The conservatives got to vote against it and have nice voting records to show their constituency. But they have no results to show them, no accomplishments.
Their votes meant nothing.
They were the sheep.