Peter: You missed one of Rudy’s defects. On illegal immigration, he is a

total open-borders fanatic — continued the Koch policy of not letting NYPD

officers enquire into a perp’s immigration status, let alone cooperate with

immigration enforcement officers. Perhaps Kerik caught his own insouciance

about illegal immigration from Rudy, who seems to be just fine with it.

This didn’t matter five years ago, but it matters now, and my guess is it

will matter a whole lot more in ‘08.