That's an...interesting...spin.
The Democrats had the votes to pass any bill they wanted.
They passed that one.
Sorry, you don't get to blame it on "Republicans".
Do you honestly believe Ben Nelson, Blanche Lincoln, Joe Lieberman and Evan Bayh (among many others) would vote for any bill Obama wanted? That's not factually true, so I'm wondering why you believe it.
They had a majority in both Houses and could thus have passed any bill they, collectively, wanted (in fact they did it without a single Republican vote, and without allowing any amendments or even very much debate).
They passed that bill. Obama then signed that bill. That, my friend, is factually correct.
Why this desperate attempt to make it somehow the fault of "Republicans"? How about taking some responsibility?
They're the ones trying to make something created by the Heritage Foundation seem "Socialist".
Why won't the GOP take responsibility for what its behaviors are doing?
I'm really curious.
The Republican party is a bit more fractured, which is how all political parties should be. People should be scared of a political party where dissent is heavily punished and nearly absent. The reason is because it expressly puts the party before the people.
Fortunately the voters have three times shown the error of that thinking and the resulting control of Congress is the result. As for the office of the Presidency, politics of identity (race/sex/etc) has become the norm and unless the Republicans participate in that type electioneering they won't get into the White House.