Specter said that in principal he wants to preerve the right for the minority to filabuster a nomination..So the idea is to do a whip count on the actual votes for the nominees..There are 7..so if it turns out that three would be defeated, because they won't get any GOP votes in favor..they wioll be be allowed to be brought to the floor for a vote, then they will be defeated...This reallly sucks..Spector is backstabbing his own leadership..
Whatever the hell that means.
So the idea is to do a whip count on the actual votes for the nominees..There are 7..so if it turns out that three would be defeated, because they won't get any GOP votes in favor..they wioll be be allowed to be brought to the floor for a vote, then they will be defeated
All the GOP wants is a vote on the floor. I suppose the president would accept it (withdraw the nomination) if a whip count showed less than 50 votes for a nominee. Doesn't sound like much of a compromise, if that is what is planned. If, OTOH, Specter is saying the hurdle is 60, then screw the compromise.