Well Obama did try to do jobs as his number 1 or what do you think the Stimulus was? He did over an 800 Billion stimulus which while it should have been bigger and they wanted it bigger there were all the Republicans and some Dems who wanted it smaller and more tax breaks which the original would have been more for infrastructure. The President can't do it alone and he did do the stimulus before healthcare.
As for trying to get healthcare bi-partisan tell me how he should have know that adopting a healthcare plan originally proposed by Republicans in the early 90's would have engendered all this hatred?
Hindsight being 20-20 he should have put it through reconciliation and with a public option before the town halls.