It's very simple. Specter can call for a vote on his schedule and the 'Rats can object. Specter can rule that they already had their week and the vote proceeds. The 'Rats can appeal the decision of the Chair and the Committee votes. Anybody out there think there will be even ONE 'Pub who won't vote to uphold Arlen?
The 'Rats pissed Arlen off. Alito is a Delaware valley lawyer like Specter. Arlen is going to shove that gavel right up the jackasses' butts and the schedule will be maintained.
Or Arlen will cave. It's totally up to him. He's the Chairman. Is he going to act like it?
I continued listening to Arlen. He did not sound like he was going to waffle on this.
If Specter did that, the democrats would filibuster in the senate to protest the "unfair treatment of their party by the republicans". The media would jump all over that, and we would lose.