He never tried the bipartisan thing. He said he would be bipartisan, but apparently he thinks that means that the other side has to agree with him, or off with their heads.
He did in fact try it. That's why he told them not to come to his door anymore with nothing more than plans to 'kill' the bill all the way around.
Republicans have been totally locked out of the health care debate, the President has not talked to one of them since last April. The no stimulus stimulus bill was passed first of all without ANYONE having the chance to read it, not one Republican in the house voted for it and only 3 Republican senators in the senate did. Those senators are Olympia Snow, Susan Collins, and Arlen Spector. Spector has changed parties again to become a democrat and Snow and Collins are nothing more than democrats dressed in Republican clothing. I would hardly call any of that bi-partisanship, there is NONE in this administration. IT IS ALL LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC RULE.
The republicans have great ideas about fixing what is broken in our health care system, but they are not being heard or allowed to speak, because this President is determined to ram a single payer system down the throats of Americans and always has been.