Donner Party implies eating ones own. I am quite certain that principled conservatives and people who would reflexively support the President even if he came out as a gay communist are not close enough to each other to consider our bickering to be eating our own.
And then there are people who believe that when the get a "win", it is merely evidence of a subtle plot against them.
There are right ways and wrong ways to do things and certain conservatives are approarching this the wrong way. At the very least we should temper the hysteria until a bit more is known about this nominee. Most of the indications so far have been good. Most of the potential problems with her have been debunked. Bush's nominess so far have been stellar, Considering his past record on judicial nominess I am willing to give W the benefit of the doubt untill evidence exists to the contrary. Should that happen I'll jump on the bash Bush bandwagon but not sooner.