The radio station idea intrigues me. I can't wait to hear more, DJ.
I know there's an understandable impulse to be like, well, we lost last time, let's prepare ourselves for the worst & just spread the message. But remember that this time, whoever wins the GOP primary is going to win the presidency, barring either A) a complete turnaround of the economy, war effort and Obama's image in 2 years (not happening) or B) a born-again, Neoconservative, fascist whack job winning the primary (think Huckabee). With Ron's support among (real) liberals and independents, he can't lose to Obama. They might try to dig up dirt or catch him off guard in a debate/interview/stump speech, but any kind of normal Republican candidate will have such an advantage this go-around anyway. Ron could dig a hole and get in it (i.e. play completely safe) and come out a President.
So winning the primary means winning the whole thing. And I have to imagine that where there's a will, there's a way with the primary. Especially if what everybody says is true about Iowa and a few other key states carrying a candidate to a win. People are envisioning a pitched battle on the convention floor, but my gut feeling is that old habits are hard to break in politics. Whoever wins the primary race will get the nomination.
And I still think there are untapped liberal/youth markets for Ron Paul. I don't really think a great number of college kids voted in the 2008 primary, especially in states that require party registration. Not that none of them cared, it's just not something a lot of kids do. And there was peer pressure against registering as GOP, even for one day, because of the pro-war, pro-poverty, pro-corporate, anti-weed, anti-gay rights image of the GOP. That can change this time. We have to get the message across that the Ron Paul movement is hijacking/commandeering a major political party for purposes anti-war, anti-poverty, anti-racist, pro-equal rights. THAT will get the great masses of young people on our side, more than just a few tuned-in intellectuals. "Republican" is just a word. It can be done.