John Ed Pearce - Divide and Dissent: Kentucky Politics, 1930-1963
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Few men have been more important to the life of Kentucky than three of those who governed it between 1930 and 1963Albert B. Chandler, Earle C. Clements, and Bert T. Combs. While reams of newspaper copy have been written about them, the historical record offers little to mark their roles in the drama of Kentucky and the nation. In this authoritative and sometimes intimate view of Bluegrass State politics and government at ground level, John Ed Pearceone of Kentuckys favorite writershelps fill this gap.
In half a century as a close observer of Kentucky politicsas reporter, editorial writer, and columnist for the Louisville Courier-JournalPearce has seen the full spectacle. He watched Happy Chandler vault into national prominence with his flamboyant campaign style. He was shaken by Earle Clements for asking an awkward question. He joined in the laughter when a striptease artist was commissioned a Kentucky Colonel during the Combs administration. And he watched as the successive governors struggled to move the state forward, each in his own way.
Yet this is more than a newsmans account of events. Pearce probes for the roots of the troubles that have slowed Kentuckys progress. He traces the divisions that have plagued the state for almost two centuries, divisions springing from the nature of Kentuckys beginnings. He studies the lack of leadership that has hampered the always dominant Democratic party and the bitter factionalism that has kept the party from developing a cohesive philosophy. When the candidate of one faction has taken office, he shows, the losing faction has usually made political hay by bolting to the opposition party or torpedoing the governors efforts in the legislature instead of uniting behind a progressive party program. The outcome of such long-term factionalism is a state that must now run fast to catch up.
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