Vijay Boyapati

Vijay Boyapati, a Google engineer who quit his job to campaign for Rep. Ron Paul, stands on Elm Street in downtown Manchester, N.H., two days before the presidential primary. Boyapati is behind Operation Live Free or Die, which has brought an estimated 500 volunteers to New Hampshire to work for Paul.

Caption text by CNET News.com's Declan McCullagh.

January 7, 2008 10:00 AM PST

Photo by: Declan McCullagh/CNET News.com