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Yes that was the original point. The ACA was the beginning of the extreme partisanship we've seen. It wouldn't be sunshine and rainbows if they had got some republicans on board, but it would have been less partisan.
The ACA was signed over a year after Obama had been in office. You should look at signed legislation from before the ACA. The hard GOP opposition was already there well before the ACA.
The negotiation started almost immediately though and the Republicans were told to fuck off. It was introduced in September of his first year, there wasn't anything else major in those first 8 months.
Please look up Newt Gingrich and his impact on politics and then come back and read what you wrote
I'm not saying there was never partisanship. Clinton made progress despite Gingrich, Bush managed just fine with a democratic majority. Obama forgot losing elections was possible.