>But there was also something to be said for having someone acknowledged to
>be a hardass on crime preaching againt hate crimes from second one. I think
>he had some influence on making public denunciations of arab-bashing and
>hate crimes a bipartisan mantra. Even Georgie and Ashcroft were singing the
>tune soon.
This was amazing to watch, and another amazing thing about watching Rudy over the last week is that he seemed to have evolved into a human being. He was modest, serious, compassionate, bluster-free - in a way he'd never been before. Every Rudy-hater I know has said some version of this.
Doug