Jeff Wartman

As most of us are now well aware, former Congressman/Presidential candidate/Vice-Presidential nominee Jack Kemp has died of cancer.  This is a sad day for both the Republican Party and the United States.  He will be missed.

Jack Kemp personified the direction the Republican Party currently needs to go; he was a staunch advocate for limited government, tax cuts, and putting power in the hands of the individual rather than government bureaucracy.

He was also defined by his tolerance.  A staunch advocate of civil rights, he was a self-styled ‘bleeding heart conservative’ who supported both tax cuts and limited government, and a tolerance for every human regardless of race, religion or sexual orientation.  Those of us in the Republican Party would do well by keeping in mind the tolerance and progressivism that Kemp embodied.  He will be missed.