I wouldn't go that far, but I secretly hope Specter loses in the general. His last two general election races have been squeakers and there's no guarantees that he'll win in November.
PA is going to elect one of two liberal Democrats. We conservatives shouldn't have to stoop to voting for either of them, but either way PA is screwed. The big thing with Specter is he has enough seniority to be VERY vocal with his liberal agenda, whereas Senator Hoeffel will be mostly ignored and powerless unless his party gains the majority.
After mulling it over for several days, I've concluded there is NO reason to support Snarlin Arlen MacSpecter unless it looks like the Dems are polling high enough to get 50 senate seats in November (very, very unlikely at this point)
It's not a secret anymore.
Hoping a Democrat wins the general election pretty much wipes out an pretense of caring about conservative causes.