A/D Group Policy – Grayed Out

Under AD Users and Computers:

My group policy tab in the properties of the DomainName.com at the root of the console is all grayed out and will not allow me to edit at all.

Error prior to this view: Domain Controller for group policy operations not available. You may cancel this operation for this session or retry using one of the following domain controller choices.
Ops Master Token
The one used by AD Snapins—Selected this one.
Any available DC.

Then a Group Policy Error: Failedto find a domain controller. There may be a policy that prevents you from selecting another blah blah blah.

Details:
The network path was not found.