Part of The Steal is to run out the clock, to use every delaying tactic imaginable to gum up the works
The “clock” is somewhat imaginary. while there are dates out there, they can be extended by court order. If a new president isn’t decided by January 20, then Pelosi becomes prez for the interim until it is decided. While this isn’t a dream scenario, I’d rather have Pelosi for president for two months than have Biden for 4 years.
While I agree with you that the specific dates everyone speaks of (December 14 and January 6) as carved in stone are NOT, in fact, carved in stone (they are just federal law, and the Constitution trumps it every time), they are perceived as such and their approach will cause (or give an excuse for) many supposedly on our side to simply give up and allow the electoral coup to succeed.
If there’s an upside she has to resign as speaker and would have to run in a special election to get her seat back. I’m not sure anymore if we did special elections in California for vacated seats.