[Dat Mon]

"Who could have imagined that he would be that stupid and character flawed?"

You could infer from this that:

a) Rudy is already on the short list for 2008

b) Rudy personally vouched for Kerik...thus shortcircuiting the normal upfront screening.

c) Kerik is street smart tough, a bit of a hustler, and in way over his head politically.

[Roccus]

I see this as a direct result of the Giulliani administration's policy of not being interested in a person's immigration status when they ran afoul of the law.

[balls]

Kerik was the right man for the job, but alas, this system screens out the best. Come on, what does hiring an illegal alien have to do with a person's character? What Kerik went through during his childhood and and his achievements in later years far outweighs this minor "character flaw". He is one of a kind and this is our loss.