The fact that President Obama’s agenda routinely gets fewer Republican votes than you can count on one hand has become something of a running joke in Washington, and goes a long way toward explaining the acrimony between the two parties today. The administration may have been unaware that “bipartisanship” wouldn’t work in practice, but they learned that lesson quickly.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=143419