"'I think there is no doubt that he had a greater impact on conservative and Republican economic philosophy than anybody else. More than Laffer, more than Reagan.' And the change he helped bring about was not just in the party’s attitude toward taxes, Mr. Ornstein said; Republicans, he said, were 'no longer worshiping at the shrine of a balanced budget, for better and for worse.'"
Adam Clymer in The New York Times writes an obit for Jack Kemp.
Sunday, May 03, 2009
The Field General
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