Ham, editor-at-large of Hot Air and a Fox News contributor, remember her husband as optimistic and humble, focused on making the world a better place. He was serious at work, but had no trouble being “goofy” otherwise – dancing, singing Aerosmith, and opening his arms so his daughter could give him a “big bear hug” after work.

“I always joked that he was the West Wing to my House of Cards,” Ham said. “Never cynical. And this is not relegated only to politics. He could connect with almost anyone. Because he cared about people.”

“Clearly I’m on the right and he was on the left,” said Ham. “He was such a transcendence of all these lines … that was his mission, he was dedicated to communicating across those lines with everyone.”…

He left the world with a secret.

During a recent ultrasound, his wife said, Brewer inadvertently learned something they’d planned to keep a surprise: the sex of their baby. Ham, seven months pregnant, still doesn’t know.

“There was a little miscommunication in the ultrasound room,” she said. “The technician wrote it on the screen, not making sure he was looking away.”

“And now I feel like there was a reason for it,” she said. “He kind of met this baby in a way that I have not yet.”