"Anonny Moose" In his victory speech yesterday, President Bush indicated
that he would
"reach out to the whole nation," including those who voted for John Kerry.
But even if he wanted to be more conciliatory now, the constituency to
which
he owes his victory is not a yielding one. He must give them what they
want
on things like judicial appointments. His helpers are also his keepers.

The moral zealots will, I predict, give some cause for dismay even to
nonfundamentalist Republicans. Jihads are scary things. It is not too
early
to start yearning back toward the Enlightenment.

Lest anyone think this is an exaggeration, this morning on C Span, listening
to the people calling in, (the topic being cabinet replacements, including
Attorney General) several people called in saying that Rudy Giuliani would
not be an acceptable Attorney General to them, as he was much too tolerant
(pro-choice, not hateful about gay people). One woman said, "We elected Bush
solely on the basis of the moral values he advocated, and he owes us. If he
doesn't deliver, we will hound the congressmen and Senators that we elected
to override him".

Garry Wills, an adjunct professor of history at Northwestern University,
is
the author of "St. Augustine's Conversion."