And where is the president in all this? On his way to Anna Wintour's house. He's busy. He's running for president.

◼ But why? He could be president now if he wanted to be. - Peggy Noonan/Wall St. Journal

President Obama's problem now isn't what Wisconsin did, it's how he looks each day—careening around, always in flight, a superfluous figure. No one even looks to him for leadership now. He doesn't go to Wisconsin, where the fight is. He goes to Sarah Jessica Parker's place, where the money is.

There is, now, a house-of-cards feel about this administration.