I also wondered why no other network picked up Lou when he was let go by CNN. He would have been a great catch for any of the MSM. They all need a "Token" conservative.
Actually Lou left CNN in 99 to start his own "internet" company(i.e rubin induced dot com bubble which louie dobbs jumped head first into) and lost his shirt and came back to CNN, and I wouldn't doubt there were some conditions for re-employment, such as being anti-Bush 24/7.