They literally hate GW, Christians, Real Jews and conservatives so much, they would never join the rest of America in the war on terrorism
Here's why you're both right and wrong. As far as the hard lefties, you're totally correct. They'll be blaming Bush even as they're being lined up against the wall and shot by the Sharia morality police. They are beyond reasoning with.
Most of Califoria is just not that dedicated. Many people don't give that much thought to things, and don't really seem to understand that there is life outside of California. They're liberal because they don't know better, they don't care to learn more, and it's easier to feel than think.
So long as the fight remains a non-Californian thing, they won't really feel it. If a giant skyscraper in the middle of the city explodes in fire and crashes to the ground, burying the city in dust, they'll feel it. Literally millions of people on the fence will take it very, very personally.