I thought this was somewhat encouraging (this, the write-up from today’s NYTimes):
Dr. Frist pointedly declined to endorse Mr. Specter for the post on Sunday, saying the Pennsylvania senator should lobby his Republican colleagues in the Senate’s lame-duck session this week. “The case needs to be made to the leadership of the United States Senate,” Dr. Frist said, “and also to the existing members of the Judiciary Committee.”