MSNBC's internal fighting is far from over — nor is the reporting on it. We hear the Wall Street Journal's Rebecca Dana will have something up for tomorrow's paper (albeit leaning in the network's favor), which follows our own regular reports, as well as the Drudge-linked Politico story from Michael Calderone.

Meanwhile, in the past few hours we've spoke to a number of 30 Rock staffers in Denver, New York, and Washington — some of whom thought it more productive to speak to us than attend to the on-going live DNC coverage — and the common wisdom is: 1) Nobody can believe how much Keith Olbermann is getting away with, even if he does draw ratings; 2) As an Olbermann protege, Rachel Maddow is attracting negative feelings from staffers, since she stays mum on many of these catfights, but "there's still time" to represent; 3) MSNBC head Phil Griffin is alienating staffers by publicly defending Olbermann while privately bashing him, and it's left many wondering when that will leak (oops); 4) MSNBC publicist Jeremy Gaines appears increasing stressed out and can be seen "shaking" with a phone attached to his ear dealing with reporters; 5) You don't want to run into Chris Matthews anytime soon, especially en route to the bathroom, because he has zero pleasant things to say right now; 6) Joe Scarborough is definitely stressed, but he's managed to calm down a bit today and can be seen laughing and gabbing; 7) None of this is helping ratings, with MSNBC scoring the lowest numbers against Fox News and CNN in convention coverage.

And one last thing: Nobody, including all of MSNBC, believes Phil Griffin when he says "MSNBC does not have an ideology … We hire smart people who are passionate about their love of politics and love of news." Says one veteran off-camera staffer: "Bullshit … It's a total farce." It's a shame that MSNBC can't own up to the way it's leaning, if only because now it can't separate itself from the same charges aimed at Fox News — that it leans one way politically but pretends to be balanced.

Steve Capus, Phil Griffin, and the rest of the NBC good old boys are on a vigorous hunt for the leak behind today's scathing Tim Russert v. Keith Olbermann item, which the network has flat-out denied.

But there's one place in particular, Jossip hears, that their attention is aimed:

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JOSSIP REPORTS

There's a big reason why MSNBC would like to quiet any knowledge of David Gregory's off-camera behavior and sluggish ratings. David Gregory, you see, is supposed to be the next Chris Matthews.

Oh, did we say next?

We meant he's supposed to replace Chris Matthews.

Promise not to tell?

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Jeremy Gaines is having a bad week. You see, it falls on Jeremy to field the press madness surrounding Don Imus. Having just announced yesterday afternoon that they were pulling the show, MSNBC is now trying to exit damage control mode — and as you can imagine, the cable network's chief communications officer (aka the "spokesman" you see giving all the soundbites) is on the front lines to make this whole situation go away.

He's been having many a meeting, whether in person or via conference call, with everyone from Dan Abrams to Steve Capus. And according to most of the MSNBC insiders we spoke with, Jeremy is impressing peers and brass alike.

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