H-L endorses Lunsford

The Herald-Leader has endorsed Bruce Lunsford for US Senate:

Economic anxiety is running high. Voters need to hear McConnell's ideas for rebuilding the economy.

But the only message coming from his camp is more of the same: Maintain tax policies that redistribute wealth to the super rich. Stay in a war that's draining taxpayers and burying them in debt. Ignore global warming and drill for more oil. Continue to let health care and insurance costs strangle the economy.

Lunsford has better ideas. He would let the Bush tax cuts for the top income brackets expire and, instead, target tax cuts at working Americans and to spur job creation. He calls for developing a "blue plate special" health plan so all Americans, especially kids, can be insured. He says the government should pool its buying power to lower health care costs. He wants to make preschool available to all kids.