If this was your view from Grant Park on Tuesday night (or if you just want to relive the historic moment) tune in to CLTV this weekend for a rebroadcast of President-Elect Obama's victory address. Air times are as follows:

Friday Nov. 7 and Sat. Nov. 8: 7:30 pm and 10 pm
Sunday Nov. 9: 8 pm

We've waited four years for today, its hard to believe its finally here. Election day, when it pertains to the Presidential Election should be a holiday - that way people don't have an excuse as to why they couldn't go and vote.
And just remember if you don't vote - you don't have the right to complain in a couple of years. Today is the day that will help shape for many of us the rest of our lives.
GO and VOTE. As long as you are in line before the polls close at 7 p.m. you will get the chance to cast your ballot. So step it up and do your civic. Go VOTE

Afua S. Owusu
(uh-fee-yah) (Oh-woo-sue)
News Producer

I'll admit it. I'm a nerd. 100% purebred All-American nerd.

This claim is backed up by the hours I've spent watching networks like History Channel and Discovery.

I was guilty of it this weekend, in fact.

The show "Secrets of Body Language" on History Channel grabbed my attention.

Sure, I know what you do and how you say something is as important (if not more) as what you say.

That's how JFK "won" the debate against Nixon in 1960, right?

Early voting in Illinois begins today, the first for a presidential election. From the Chicago Tribune:

Through Oct. 30, voters can cast a ballot without having to give reason why they are not able to vote on Nov. 4, Election Day, as they would to cast an absentee ballot. A government-issued photo ID is required for early voting.

Ok, so I know it’s not as smooth as “Rumble in the Jungle” but not much rhymes with Mississippi… and the only other option was “Showdown in Mississippi.”
Well, America – tonight is the night. The first Presidential Debate of the 2008 Elections and the number one question on the minds of most Americans … surprisingly is not “what about the economy?” But, will McCain be there. We have less than 40 days until we march to our respective polling locations to select the 44TH President of our great but financially crumbling nation (in case you haven’t heard WAMU just got snagged up by Chase.)

The national media is taking the easy way out.

Late Tuesday, Senator Barack Obama went on the attack. He called the McCain/Palin campaign's reformist image "putting lipstick on a pig".

"The other side, suddenly, they're saying 'we're for change too.' Now think about it, these are the same folks that have been in charge for the last eight years," Obama said to the crowd.

"You can put lipstick on a pig. It's still a pig. You can wrap up an old fish in a piece of paper and call it change. It's still going to stink after eight years. We've had enough," he exclaimed.

Watch the video here:

Instead of covering the issues, the press is covering a darned pig statement.

Something stinks. I think it's the reporting barnyard they're wallowing in.

I've worked in television long enough to know that sometimes, things are in the TelePrompTer that aren't supposed to be there.

Perhaps that explains the faux pas from the co-chair of the Republican National Committee on Tuesday night.

In front of the entire convention (and presumably a national audience), Jo Ann Davidson of Ohio made a pretty noticeable slip of the tongue:

"We are holding a convention that will nominate a Republican woman, Governor Sarah Pawlenty, our next vice president," Davidson said.

Watch it for yourself:

It’s a situation we see more often than we would like to in this country.
And once again, the issue of teen pregnancy is back in the national spotlight.
Unless you have been living under a rock, you must have heard the news that presumptive Vice Presidential Nominee Governor Sarah Palin’s 17-year-old daughter –Bristol - is 5 months pregnant.

John McCain has chosen Alaska Sarah Palin as his running mate. Watch the video of McCain introducing Palin and parts of her speech from Dayton, Ohio.

After the jump, watch CLTV's Political Reporter Carlos Henandez Gomez's analysis of the VP pick.