Hate to unscoop the Huffington Post, but Pres. candidate, Bill Richardson's PI on the payroll was reported a month ago in the Free New Mexican.

Now the HuffPo is calling it fairly unusual for a presidential campaign to hire a PI for research? Really? I thought that was de rigeur in this day and age:

The P.I. in question is Michael Corwin of New Mexico-based Corwin Research & Investigations. Here's a blurb on Mr. Corwin from his University of New Mexico lecturing bio:

Michael Corwin, a licensed Private Investigator, has been conducting civil and criminal investigations since 1988. He operates the firm of Corwin Research & Investigators, LLC in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Corwin is the author of the book, Training Manual on Private Investigation. He has been a featured speaker at conferences and seminars. Corwin’s cases have been featured in the local and national media, including an Edward R. Murrow award-winning Dateline NBC episode.

Sounds like a helluva guy.

-- MDT

Labels: Bill Richardson, election, Michael Corwin, politics