” I assume they based this on SOMETHING.”
Yes, idle speculation, just like most of the “She’s not running” threads.
WOAI was likely basing their report on news reports, such as Politico, from several days ago specifically saying that Perry wouldn’t run if Palin did.
There have been other reports saying otherwise. Perry himself has been fairly consistent that he has no plans to run. All the frenzied speculation has come from “advisors”.
FWIW, which isn’t much.