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On the evening of May 23, 1969, your humble columnist graduated from Trinity High School at the Louisville Gardens auditorium, an old armory on Walnut Street (since renamed Muhammed Ali Boulevard).
A few blocks away from that celebration was City Hall, where Louisville’s mayor may have been turning out the lights in his office. The mayor that year was one Kenneth A. “Kenny” Schmied, a Republican.
He had succeeded another Republican mayor, William O. “Bill” Cowger who, prohibited by law from running for a second term, had been elected to represent Louisville in Congress.
More than 52 years after I received that diploma, Louisville hasn’t had another Republican mayor since the end of Schmied’s term. The reasons for this drought are many and varied, but as Kentucky gradually became more Republican over the ensuing decades, Louisville and Jefferson County became more solidly Democratic.
that s interesting, the response that generated from the crowd because that brings me to something else i want to ask you about. the basic dilemma the tea party movement faces and anyone faces in politics between purity and ele electability. the idea of christie being, win, baby, like the old al davis message. forget christie, forget 2016. you re looking at 2014, we have all of these, you know, republican primary challengers still to come on the docket. sounds like talking to the republican base, the conservative base at cpac, they re not thinking any more pragmatically about these primaries this year than they were about 2012, 2010 when people like sharron angle are winning primaries. key thing to note. matthew bevin, he was here walking around the panel but he wasn t invited to speak. mitch mcconnell was. that does tell me there is practicality here. john cornyn won the primary this week. there is practicality in terms of the midterms. the republicans feel so confident about a lot
under way. this is a file photo of the boeing 777 200-er, carrying 239 people. lost air traffic control hours ago between kuala lumpur and state agency. chinese state news agent xinuha reports the plane lost radar contact in vietnamese airspace. authorities from malaysia and china are participating in the search and rescue mission. nbc will continue to follow and report this story throughout the night. there is, though, a lot of other news around the world. and here in the u.s. tonight. including the political news out of washington, d.c. remember when chris christie was this guy. governor christie, all kidding aside, i ve been listening to you tonight. you re a very powerful and eloquent speaker. you know how to tell the american people what they need to hear. and i say this from the bottom of my heart, for my daughter who s right here and my grandchildren who are at home, i know new jersey needs you, but i really implore you. i really do. this isn t funny. i mean this wit