CNN FInds a 'Conservative' to Pair With Eliot Spitzer

The right kind of conservative, of course, one who spends her time bashing the right.

Eliot Spitzer has found a new woman.

Conservative columnist Kathleen Parker is the "leading candidate" to share a new 8 p.m. show on CNN with the former governor, according to sources close to the talks.

Parker, 58, is probably best known for a column she wrote in September, 2008 calling Sarah Palin "out of her league" and urging her to get off the Republican ticket.

The show -- which will air opposite Bill O'Reilly's ratings juggernaut show on Fox News Channel -- will be an updated version of CNN's old "Crossfire" program.

It reportedly will feature a liberal -- that would be Spitzer -- and a conservative -- Parker -- butting heads on political issues.

CNN declined to comment yesterday.

"I've been talking to [CNN], but there's nothing to report," Parker told The Post.

The columnist says she's met Spitzer, but refused to give any details.

"Not at the Mayflower Hotel, I can tell you that much," she said. "I'm a reporter, but I'm a discreet one."

The new show, which does not have a name or a debut date yet, will replace Campbell Brown, who stepped down last month saying her ratings were "not where I would like them to be."

CNN's primetime line-up is in the midst of a major overhaul, after sinking to No. 3 behind Fox News and MSNBC in recent years.

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