Liberal Civil War Breaks Out on MSNBC: 'Progressive' Glenn Greenwald vs. ‘Socialist’ Lawrence O’Donnell

(By Matt Lewis, Politics Daily) - One of the reasons I really like MSNBC's "Morning Joe" is that it eschews the typical yelling and screaming that have become commonplace on cable TV. Of course, there is a place for heated discussion -- especially when the discussion is timely and based on real disagreements.

Such was the case this morning when Salon's Glenn Greenwald faced off against MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell on "Morning Joe." Greenwald had recently accused O'Donnell of "trying to blame 'the Left' and 'liberalism' for the Democrats' political woes."

O'Donnell, who noted that he was, himself, a "socialist," tweaked Greenwald by saying: "I'm not a liberal who's so afraid of the word that I had to change my name to 'progressive.'"