Good comments, although two points: 1. Patakifeller is a LIBERAL Republican (not a moderate, that would be Dick Lugar), much like his spiritual godfather, Nelson Rockefeller. New York has a long history of liberal Republicans. 2. Hannity speaks for the conservative MINORITY in New York. If you add together the people in NYC who listen to WBLS (da bruthas), NPR (the yuppies) or no talk radio at all (the average suburbanite sheeple), Hannity's listeners are highly outnumbered.
Bush didn't even win the white vote or the male vote in the last election in New York. He failed to take even one of the suburban counties (unless you count "exurban" Orange County), nor did Dole. My prediction stands: New York only goes for a Republican in landslide years.
The Big Mo is against leftists, especially in NY.