No, Democrats have already "paralyzed" the Senate with their totally unreasonable approach to not even allow a vote on the nominees using the "non-nuclear" rules (and the Republicans have let the Democrats get away with this waaaay too long already).
Mr. Specter also hoped to woo support from Sen. Charles E. Schumer of New York...
Specter must be on crack to believe he would get support from the dispicable Schumer.
Spector, the worm that he is, already knows Schumer would bail. Spector is trying to play both sides of the field.
This is all a shell game.
I did think it is wise to wait the democrats out to a certain degree, and put pressure on them to work with Bush.
It seems like the dems have drawn a line in the sand to push the republicans over the line. As soon as the Senate goes "nuclear" the words like "fascists", "Nazi","Judicial power grab" Blah, blah, blah, blah will be quoted by every talking head in the MSM.
The democrats are thinking they are setting a trap for Bush, again they will underestimate him