DISCONNECT: Peggy Noonan on Obama: “He is not supple, able to hear reservations and see opposition and change tack. He has a grim determination to bull this thing through. He negotiates each day with Congress, not with the people. But the people hate Congress! Has he not noticed?” (Thanks to reader James Rehkopf for the tip).

Plus this: “There’s something tired in all this disconnect, something old-fashioned, something sclerotic and 1970’s about it.” Welcome back, Carter! Where’s my leisure suit . . . ?