Bush's New Agenda

The Religious Right delivered the vote for Bush. Now they anticipate a "revolution" and expect him to deliver on their social agenda. But, already there are signs that the thrust of Bush's agenda will be more economic than social. Below is a quote from Grover Norquist in today's New York Times. When it comes to getting things done in congress, Norquist crafts the message and sets the agenda for Republicans. Here's Norquist's agenda:

Social conservatives are a very important part of the base, but they are not enough alone," said Grover Norquist, the president of Americans for Tax Reform and a conservative strategist close to the Bush administration, noting that in Illinois, Alan Keyes had taken a drubbing in the race for the Senate after running a vigorously conservative campaign on social issues.

Mr. Norquist eagerly predicted the accomplishment of a long agenda of government reduction: repealing the estate tax, privatizing Social Security, restricting medical and other liability lawsuits, closing military bases, opening more government jobs to competitive bidding to lower costs and weaken unions, imposing new disclosure requirements on organized labor, and expanding health care and investment savings accounts.