Reply #28: Everyone's calling Kemp a "true blue" conservative. He has referred to himself as that.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

But he was my boss when he headed HUD and singlehandedly transformed the way we think about urban policy. The enterprise zones, HOPE VI programs were genius and are still effective housing policies. I'm shocked if he's a conservative because he sure didn't behave that way. I always saw him as a moderate. Let's look at it this way: would today's cultist Republican Party accept a "conservative" Jack Kemp into the fold? I don't think so.