The man behind Paul's fundraising curtain

[sniffa]

Trevor Lyman is unshaven, wearing a T-shirt and jeans and sitting at the dining table of his rented home. Scattered around him are a one-pound bag of M&Ms, liter-size bottles of soda and a box of Frosted Flakes -- the cereal accounts for his recommended daily allowance of vitamins.

Lyman doesn't look the part of political fat cat. But as he monitors his laptop, money rolls in. Most comes in small increments. In a testament to the power of the Internet as a political tool, the nickels and dimes amount to hundreds of thousands and millions of dollars.

It is all for his hero, Rep. Ron Paul of Texas, the libertarian-Republican presidential candidate who has raised more than $10 million in the last few weeks but has yet to hit double digits in the polls.

The 2008 presidential contest is breaking fundraising records. Hedge-fund moguls, Hollywood titans, oil billionaires and the like deliver much of the money.

But when the final accounting is done, Lyman -- little known outside the Internet world of Paul acolytes -- could be among the biggest fundraisers of them all.

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-moneyman16dec16,0,6282421.story?coll=la-politics-campaign

is this guy a flash in the pan? or will he be a recurring figure? if so, it's time to keep an eye on him.

[K Gardner]

1. He sounds.. principled..he will probably have some suitors, will be interesting

to see if he compromises. Good article, thanks ! I know I'd like to have him working for some of the other "underdogs" in this campaign.. (not only my guy, either ! )

[sniffa]

2. i'm not sure of his politics

it's the first i've heard of him (and i only have what the article says). it's seems the Iraq war is his major issue. he could possibly be a big fund raiser for Democrats.

seriously, let's keep an eye on him.

[proud2BlibKansan]

3. 37 years old and he's never voted

Good grief.

[K Gardner]

4. Yup, he's a Democrat, fer shore ! n/t

[proud2BlibKansan]

5. Nah more like a libertarian