In conversation, more than one person has compared this Specter campaign to the end of Lott as judiciary chairman, for obvious reasons. As one Senate type put it to me (and as our editorial gets into): The Senate is a chummy place….but the senators cannot/will not really act unless “the outside world comes crashing down on the Senate.” That is beginning to happen right now–I say that to those of you who are asking me if there is really any point to this. I’m told it is. I believe it is. I can’t promise you the end product–because this is tough, and different than Lott (Lott’s a more chummier guy than Specter for one, so he’d give in ways I can’t yet see Specter giving in)–but I can tell you you are being heard–the right people are talking, are anxious. Keep at it, is my reccomendation.