Jack Kemp: The Bleeding Heart Conservative Who Changed America [AUDIO]

We really were pleased to have authors Mort Kondracke and Fred Barnes on the show this week to discuss their new book on Jack Kemp.

Many might remember Kemp from his days as a football star or as the Republican VP nominee in 1996 alongside Bob Dole. But the undertold story is what happened in between those years:

Ronald Reagan’s policies sparked the American renaissance, but the Gipper’s leadership is only part of the story. The economic theory that underpinned America’s success was pioneered by a star professional quarterback turned self-taught intellectual and "bleeding-heart conservative": Jack Kemp....Drawing on never-published papers and more than one hundred Kemp Oral History Project interviews, Kondracke and Barnes trace Kemp’s life, from his childhood through his pro football career to his influential years as a congressman and cabinet secretary.

Here's our full conversation with Mort Kondracke and Fred Barnes: