A former member of the National Guard and Army Reserves, Lunsford stakes much of his campaign on redeploying the U.S. military from Iraq to Afghanistan to secure nuclear stockpiles there and in Pakistan and on supporting the troops with proper equipment and planning. His years in the health care business provide real-world experience that should benefit the Democrats’ push for better health care coverage under a President Obama. The same can be said for how his experience as an entrepreneur should benefit the new administration’s efforts to fix and grow the economy.
A Lunsford win in Kentucky not only removes the obstructionist McConnell but will go a long way to helping Obama and the Democratic Congress turn the country around on the economy, the Middle East, health care, alternative energy and other critical issues.
CityBeat also endorses Michael Kelley for Congress:
Given Kelley’s limited resources and experience, we were inclined to offer no endorsement in this race at first. But after learning that Davis launched an anti-Kelley Web site to ridicule his background and values and then refused to debate Kelley, thinking he was entitled to the 4th District seat without any questions asked, we changed our minds.
And today, the Enquirer endorsed Kathy Groob for State Senate:
Vision and leadership motivate us to endorse Democrat Kathy Groob for a hotly contested seat for the Kentucky State Senate in Kenton County.
Groob, vice president of marketing for the Paul Hemmer Companies in Fort Mitchell, is challenging incumbent Republican Jack Westwood in the 23rd District, which covers a large part of Kenton County from the riverfront south. When you look around the district, the region and the state, it's obvious that more ideas and more focus are needed in the Kentucky Legislature. Otherwise, the state budget will remain a mess, schools will not get to the next level and Kentucky will never drag itself out of the lower tier of states in economic development.
...It's all part of a bigger picture, and Groob seems like the better-qualified painter.
