>Roland Martin promises to talk ‘Issues’

> Chicago’s WVON talk show host Roland Martin begins to count down the final weeks until election day with a new CNN special that airs this weekend. The talk won’t be about Lipstick-on-a-Piggygate or Bristol Palin’s teen pregnancy drama. Martin wants to bring checkbook issues, discrimination and the middle class to the forefront of discussion and leave behind the tired political talking points that don’t matter to voters. Roland’s special ‘7 Weeks to Go,’ premiered on CNN Saturday, Sept. 13, with a rebroadcast on Sunday, Sept. 14, at 8 p.m. (EST). The three-part series runs the rest of the month in that time slot.