And I believe we are seeing the makings of a similar greatness in George W. Bush, the bantamy, plain-spoken, originally uninspiring man who through a good heart and a good head, through gut and character, simple well-meaningness and love of country is, in his own noncompelling way, doing the right tough things at a terrible time.I believe the antecedent to the word bantamy in this sentence is George W. Bush, not Truman,
is it not?
btw, while I like Peggy Noonan a lot, I agree that she does get a bit carried away at times.