Now that he has discovered that our elections have margins of errors as big as the polls, George W. Bush has crucial constituencies to deal with, starting with blacks.
Women are another.
The state of Florida is a third. The need to assure these varied constituencies could mean that Bush will have tension immediately with his conservative wing, for conservatives will expect action on issues that may only exacerbate Bush's problems with the other groups. But don't expect a repeat of Bill Clinton, a la 1993. One of Clinton's first acts as president was to issue several executive orders easing government restrictions on abortion, aimed at paying back feminists and pro-abortion rights groups that had backed him heavily in the 1992 election. There is no indication from his inner circle that Bush, who opposes abortion, but who did not feature it in his campaign, will reverse any of those orders.