Cable news outlets are divided by party lines. more >>

Steve Preston chats with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer about the nation’s real estate pain. more >>

Look for fairness but nothing too controversial. And a Ron Paul query. more >>

The Democratic presidential candidates spent last night slinging mud at one another but mostly at Sen. Hillary Clinton http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/070130/30clintonfacts.htm at a debate in Las Vegas. "People are not attacking me because I'm a woman; they're attacking me because I'm ahead," Clinton told the audience. Sen. Barack Obama and former Sen. John Edwards both took stabs at Clinton and were booed by the audience for their gibes at the former first lady, while a host of other candidates fought to get a word in. more >>

They say politics makes strange bedfellows. Well, try a dire sickness. That's what Democratic strategist, CNN analyst, and Al Gore's 2000 presidential campaign boss Donna Brazile found during a series of medical emergencies that sidelined her. more >>

A high-calorie tradition that started in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks is still going strong at cnn's Washington HQ thanks to the sweet tooth of Larry King Live senior editorial producer Carol Buckland. Surrounded by harried and hungry colleagues covering 9/11, she decided to bake some brownies one day and has been hauling in the treats every Monday since. more >>

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CNN plans to have its former golden boy, Bob Novak, on to promote his book after all. CNN executive Sam Feist told me this morning that the cable network was working to get Novak on Wolf Blitzer's popular and newsy Situation Room next week. more >>

His new autobio, The Prince of Darkness, is a great read that tells all about his leading role in the Valerie Plame affair. But we hear that Robert Novak needed a good editor just like the rest of us scribes to get it to press. more >>

We hear that correspondent Bob Franken wasn't happy when cnn didn't extend his contract. And now insiders aren't happy with his goodbye note. more >>

What does it cost to hang with CNN star Wolf Blitzer and act like a cable newsman? How about a cool $1 million? At least that's what Dave Liniger, chair and cofounder of RE/MAX, paid this month for CNN's "Warrior One," the cable's Iraq war Hummer that Blitzer helped auction off at the famous Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Event in Scottsdale, Ariz. Auctioning the Hummer, refurbished by the TV show Overhaulin', was the idea of those who operated it in Iraq. more >>

Wolf Blitzer will be on location January 20, but this time he won't be gathering news. His target: moolah, and lots of it. more >>