New York Post reports that Governor Paterson hired a private dick, er, opposition researcher — the same one who dug dirt on Obama two years ago — to give Andrew Cuomo a going-over:

“Legum is the guy who did a lot of the opposition research work on Obama, and now Paterson’s people are outsourcing that kind of work on Cuomo to him,” said the source, who demanded anonymity.

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Legum confirmed that he had been hired by Paterson’s campaign but, when asked to describe his job, insisted, “I really can’t talk about that now,” and hung up the phone.

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Several Democratic insiders said they doubted Legum could find any new damaging facts on Cuomo, who has been heavily scrutinized for some three decades as an aide to his father, former Gov. Mario Cuomo, as federal housing secretary, as a 2002 candidate for governor, as a 2006 candidate for attorney general and, since 2007, as a statewide office holder.

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