Wolford Won't Win

Kelly Wolford, the appointed judge hand-picked by local Democratic Chairman Joe Morelle and DA Mike "Nifong" Green, was not just beaten, but trounced in two primaries last night, for the Conservative and Independence nominations, getting little better than a third of the vote of her nearest competitor in the Conservative race.

In what's become almost a tradition, whereby one judicial candidate every year makes bad campaign spending decisions, it looks like Wolford blew over $10,000 on TV advertising, including what must have been a major piece of change for an ad during Monday Night Football.

Suffice it to say that the judge and her campaign advisors badly misunderstood the nature of registered Conservative Party voters in going for their nomination.   A quixotic effort that distracted her campaign from the Independence primary and cost her that nomination as well.

With but one line on the ballot, and the D line at that, in this year of all years, we think this is a judge who will be returning to private practice next January.