By Lisa Desjardins, CNN

Arlington, Virginia (CNN) - Ron Paul supporters have a plan.

As they doggedly work the Republican system from the ground up, electing more of their team as delegates to the Republican National Convention, they have a heavyweight plan that's markedly different from the rumors of convention subterfuge and the guess of simply getting their candidate to the podium.

"We want to change the Republican Party," said Chris Stearns, the Virginia state director for the Ron Paul campaign. "We are making sure our people get in positions of leadership - in the nation, in their state, in their county and city, all the way down to the grass roots level."