I think not.
A false comparison.
“Are you telling me all the folks you listed have folks on the ground in the early states?”
Cain, TPaw, Santorum, Newt, Paul, Johnson and Mitt have already announced. Others like Trump and Daniels have telegraphed they will announce very soon. If Palin is talking about waiting to announce til later in the summer she will already have missed several debates and the train has left without her.
Politics in this country is pretty well structured. Running an unconventional campaign is just a non starter. If Palin does that she will just lose.