Lecture and Book Signing with Fred Barnes and Mort Kondracke

A lecture and book signing with Noted journalists Fred Barnes and Mort Kondracke for their new book, Jack Kemp: The Bleeding-Heart Conservative Who Changed America(Release Date: September 29, 2015).

Jack Kemp approached politics the same way he played quarterback for the Bills: with a refusal to accept defeat. Yet he was also willing to compromise to get things done, and his commitment to the working class and minorities attracted voters who usually rejected the GOP. He was instrumental in helping Ronald Reagan create an era of sustained and widespread prosperity.

Drawing on never-published papers and the Kemp oral history project, noted journalists Morton Kondracke and Fred Barnes trace Kemp’s whole life, from his childhood through his pro football career to his unusually influential years as congressman and cabinet secretary. Despite many ups and downs, including failed presidential and vice presidential bids, Kemp proved that a “bleeding-heart conservative” could redefine what was possible in American politics.