The one logical argument against the "Hoeffel over Specter to get Kyl" is that Republican chairmanship of the judiciary rests on a Republican majority in the Senate. How confident are you that there will still be a Republican majority in the Senate if the Specter seat is lost to a Democrat?
Even when RINO's vote with the Dems, the Republicans still get to keep our majority chairmanships.
BTW, Yes, HR 1794 passed, but no thanks to Hoeffel and 132 of his buddies.
A year ago I predicted a 4 or 5 seat pickup and that was before considering this. So accounting for a Specter loss, I'm still looking at 3 or 4 seats. If I'm half wrong, we still pick up 1 or 2. I have seen no expectation whatsoever anywhere from anyone, even the DNC, that the Dems will gain ground. If they continue their present shenanigans, they'll be losing seats.
On HR 1794, as bad as it was, and despite Hoeffel's vote against it, it passed 303 to 132? Not even close. The worse they make their offerings, the less likely it is to get passed.
I know that this scenario is not what I am suggesting will happen, but assume the worst. Say we lose the majority. Now riddle me this:
If the pubbies can't get anything done now while we have the majority, why is everyone so afraid that if the dems have a slim majority that our world will crash and burn? How will they be able to accomplish anything? Anything that the Senate does must still be approved by the House and signed by the President, right?
Politicians play on our fears that someone worse is out there and that we better vote for them or else. They all do it. Let's call Specter's bluff. We know what he is. If he changes, it will only be for the worse.