By now you've probably heard the chuckling, the snickering and Democratic growling over that pair of young Republican "operatives."
The ones who turned up at a Mark Schauer fundraiser at a private home in Bloomfield Hills.
One of the pair wore fake glasses with a tiny video camera built into the frame.
It might have gone undetected but for the fact the memory card of their "Secret Squirrel" mission somehow turned up on the floor of a union hall in Farmington Hills two weeks later.
Democrats immediately posted the eight-minute video, wherein we learned little more than the facts that Natalie Collins, the Republican staffer who wore the glasses, doesn't like having her photo taken when she's eating pineapple and she didn't think much of the artwork at the home.
Have a look at the video of the training sessions with Republican would-be spies. Video released by the Michigan Democratic Party.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWx_kFoUtRI
Democrats cried "foul, dirty tricks!" And Republicans shrugged and said, well, everyone does it.
Michigan Radio's It's Just Politics team of Zoe Clark and Rick Pluta shared their thoughts with Stateside.
*Listen to the full interview with Zoe Clark and Rick Pluta above.
