Seems like the feast has already begun:

A showdown over the House majority leader's post today has Democrats bitterly divided only a week after their party took control of Congress and has prompted numerous complaints that Speaker-designate Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) and her allies are using strong-arm tactics and threats to try to elect Rep. John P. Murtha (Pa.) to the job.

But I think it's just as likely the Washington media, after watching Republican penguins wander around in groups during a blizzard, are simply in an orgiastic frenzy now that things are happening. Conflict is cool! Let's roil the waters some more!

Then again, I quite clearly remember the last time Congress changed hands, and I don't recall anywhere near this much chaos. But I've been accused of selective memory before.