You will note that in NYC polls consistently run against Bush's war. Why? My guess is that it is a lot harder to be so rah rah when you are also personally aware that you live in a big bullseye.

It is also possible that living here you see more clearly the hypocrisy implicit in people with their own agendas taking advantage of this crisis to hijack national politics while simultaneously ignoring the needs of the place where it happened. (NYC is looking at massive cutbacks in firefighters and police.)

Cheers,
Ben