Sure, it's frustrating that 67 percent of New Yorkers think the Park51 project shouldn't be built even though most recognize the right to build it. A bare majority of Manhattanites, 51 percent, support its construction. But if there's a silver lining in that poll, it's in the fact that nearly as many New Yorkers want Newt Gingrich and Sarah Palin to mind their own business.
Sixty-four percent of New Yorkers think politicians from outside of New York should not "take a stand" on the project, while only 32 percent think they should. So Sarah, Newt, New York says you can keep your tweets to yourself.
More on the poll at The Plum Line.