Judy Davidson, GOP chair for Scott County — a battleground county in the state that broke Republican in 2010 — also told TheDC that there has been only silence on the Palin and Perry front. Though, she cautioned, “that does not necessarily mean that they are not considering running.”

Perry is also said to be mulling a presidential bid. Though not entirely surprising, he hasn’t been making inroads in Iowa either, according to these three sources. Until just days ago, his key advisers – Dave Carney and Rob Johnson — were aligned with the Newt Gingrich campaign.

Still, said Funk, “I am a bit surprised at this point that the Perry people are not trying to pick off the county Republican leadership.”