Is America some grand experiment to make over? President Obama is trying this and that idea, seeing what sticks, and adopting a curious observant stance — as if he has nothing to do with the chaos.

This detachment is worrisome. His cool, sly smile now seems to be indifference. Why? To Americans, health care is real. The taxes to pay for this mess will be real. The doctors and insurance companies and employees, the small businesses and the uninsured, the elderly and everyone else affected by this legislation are real.

President Obama’s policies contradict the people’s will, yet he seems disaffected by those outside his circle of influence — union bosses, crazy green czars, old-time cronies. The American people are disenfranchised from their own government.