Watch both videos and see if you think Scarborough will be at MSNBC next week.

Tensions are running high at MSNBC, at least surrounding veteran host Joe Scarborough who seems to be increasingly discontented at his network’s decision to market itself as the cable net of choice for Bush haters. That hasn’t sat well with the likes of the far left Keith Olbermann who has played a large role in getting MSNBC to pursue this strategy.

Things don’t appear to have been smoothed over either as Scarborough was involved in another altercation this morning with liberal correspondent David Shuster on today’s “Morning Joe.” Scarborough ultimately accused Shuster and his MSNBC colleagues of being Democrats, their independent political registrations notwithstanding. (Exchange happens at 2:15 in video)

Keith Olbermann seems to be suffering from a bad case of foot-in-mouth disease during the Democrat convention coverage. As noted earlier by NewsBusters’ Mark Finkelstein, Olbermann, after commenting ecstatically about Michelle Obama’s speech declared that he was “beginning to sound borderline sycophantic.”

Also last night, an open mic caught Olbermann dissing fellow MSNBC team member, Joe Scarborough using profanity to describe his apparent disgust with Scarborough’s analysis that Barack Obama has been falling behind in the polls.

“Jesus, Joe, why don’t you get a shovel?” Olbermann snorted.

The Democratic convention seems to have only exacerbated those tensions.

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