A Republican strategist with knowledge of Palin’s thinking says they are close. “At the principal level, the relationship between Gov. Rick Perry and Gov. Sarah Palin is very warm,” the source said.
Their “excellent relationship” notwithstanding, the source said, there’s no way it would stop the former Alaska governor from jumping in the race.
“It wouldn’t stop her, certainly if she is planning on running Perry’s entrance wouldn’t stop her because everyone knows that as soon as she enters, she’d be a top-tier candidate,” the source told ABC News.
Sources close to Palin say even her closest advisers do not know what her decision is or even whether she has made one.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/sarah-palin-rick-perry-friendship-stop-mama-grizzly/story?id=14359204
I forgot to say this article was from Aug,2011..