Declan reports that Silicon Valley hasn’t lost its libertarian streak:
Boyapati isn’t the only Googler who’s braving New Hampshire’s sub-zero winter to advance Paul’s message of lowering taxes and government spending, opposing the Real ID Act, and withdrawing from Iraq immediately. Paul is the only Republican candidate for president who opposes the Iraq war and occupation.
One other former employee and five current Google engineers, who work on projects including an Asian version of Google Answers and the design of data center hardware, are staying with him in a four-bedroom group house close to Hackett Hill Road near Manchester. Boyapati says he doesn’t know any Googlers who have come east to volunteer for other candidates…
In addition to having broad support online, Paul is by far the most popular Republican candidate among Google employees. He received $22,650 in contributions from them, according to Opensecrets.org, compared with a mere $2,300 that Googlers gave John McCain. They gave no contributions to Mike Huckabee or Mitt Romney.
Google employees, in fact, represent the single top contributor to Ron Paul’s campaign. They narrowly beat out men and women in the U.S. Army and Navy, who are in second and third place, respectively.
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