Palazzo is running an outstanding campaign. I’m sure it helps a great deal that Haley has taken the state GOP in hand. A lot of state parties would just write off a race like that.
The local GOP has been in the lead opposing Taylor and confronting him. Theron Furr is head of the Jackson County GOP. He is an honest, decent, intelligent guy. His leadership has done more to put Taylor in danger than anything Barbour has done.