BERLIN, Nov. 19 - European leaders have reacted to the nomination of Condoleezza Rice as secretary of state with public optimism and private skepticism about the possibilities of a new start after the difficult days leading up to the war in Iraq. "Here's a prediction," Josef Joffe, co-editor of the weekly Die Zeit wrote in an editorial on Thursday, "relations with Europe will get better," adding that they couldn't get worse than they were in 2002 and 2003. But as Mr. Joffe's slightly barbed prediction suggests, for close and easy relations to develop between the United States and much of...