The Nuclear Option is expected on Tuesday

Salon.com Politics: "Specter called on Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist to conduct a Whip count among Republicans to see whether, freed from marching orders from their leaders, Republican senators would support or oppose the nuclear option and how they'd vote on the various stalled judges. Specter's suspicion: If Democrats and Republicans in the Senate were allowed to vote their consciences, 'most Democrats would reject the obstructive tactics of the unprecedented pattern of filibusters, and most Republicans would reject the constitutional or nuclear option.' "