There is a good portion of Kerry's voters who are beyond hope, totally obsessed with their hatred of Bush, but there are many people who voted for Kerry who did so because they were swayed by the Democrats' rhetoric or unhappy with the situation in Iraq, but who earlier admired Bush's handling of the situation after 9/11. By standing true to what he believes in but in a non-arrogant way, Bush can win some of those people over.
I've never seen Bush as arrogant.
Remember after his first election, when the opposition's collective jaw dropped because Bush had the "nerve" to put into action the things he had campaigned on?
To them that was arrogant.
You can't please people like that, nor should you have to.
They lost.
We won.
And the president has been given a green light to move the conservative agenda forward.
He'll do it as he has all along, govern in a compassionate-conservative way that keeps America's interests front and center.