RALEIGH- Let me see if I can put this diplomatically: if Britt Cobb, Democratic candidate for agricultural commissioner, has the integrity and character that mutual friends claims he has, then he will end his farce of an election protest immediately. If not, then I am sad to say that a disgraceful tradition of leadership at the Department of Agriculture will continue. There is no, absolutely no legitimate argument in favor of what Cobb and his political allies are attempting to do in overturning the results of his 2004 contest with Republican Steve Troxler. Some 4,400 voters in Carteret County showed...
