Kemp was a Bush-like liberal on immigration, and a supporter of racial preferences. I’m sure he was never once in his life asked about the unintended and increasingly huge collision between these two positions.
So on those two issues he was worthless, and most elite Republicans have already followed his lead there.
I will always remember Kemp’s response to Al Gore’s backhanded compliment, that at least ‘ol Jack wasn’t racist like the rest of his party, at the 96 VP debates: “thanks”...