They can't stall on bringing the nomination tothe floor..they may insist on 100 hours of debate..but then it they do NOT agree to coming to a vote..well then..
I am now listening to Specter who I think is saying there will not be a delay beyond the original schedule.
They can insist on 200 hours of debate, doesn't mean they'll stay on topic. The last time we went through this a year or so ago, the Democrats kept yapping about high unemployment figgers, skyrocketing debt, grandma's not getting their medicines, schools in disrepair, and all that other doom-and-gloom gobbledygook.
They won't. That 100 hour thing was a hyperbolic offer by Frist, aimed to illustrate the abuse of cloture. There will be some debate on Alito, a call for vote which will be objected to, a cloture motion, and two days late cloture vote and vote on the nomination. That's what the the 17th-20th schedule was based on.