So your entire point of view is based upon the logical fallacy of Post hoc ergo propter hoc? Where is there any evidence that Specter would have stayed with the GOP and supported the filibuster? He had already figured out that he couldn't win the GOP primary. He was being forced into the democratic fold by the GOP.
Alternately, Obama had a wide range of options to encourage Specter that fell well short of using OFA to campaign for him. Simply promising to not campaign AGAINST him could have been enough, or possibly getting the DSCC to not fund his opponent (which they probably didn't want to do anyway).
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