The HotAir source is the same Politco story.
The ONLY source is Politico. I wouldn’t give it any credence.
Not that i can’t imagine it being true.
That is the problem, it sounds exactly like what they say when they are interrogated on it, to just do the politically easy stuff.
The other problem is that the Republican channel is so committed to electing Republicans, much like the Dem channel with Dems, that there is no way they would report this even if they got the info.