For many years Jack Kemp was a leading light for free enterprise and conservative principles.  He will likewise be remembered for his energy, enthusiasm, optimism, and good will.   He truly cared about the urban “underclass” and consistently advocated market-oriented policies as the means to break the cycle of poverty.   As the ideological and political heir to Ronald Reagan, I’m not sure why Mr. Kemp failed to become the Republican Presidential nominee in 1996, but it was the country’s loss.  All conservatives mourn his passing.

(For some details on this man’s influence, see Jeffrey Lord’s The Importance of Jack Kemp in the The American Spectator.)