Former Atlantan Neil Cavuto manning election night for Fox Business Network

"I was there when Jimmy Carter was elected as governor," he said. "I remember what a big deal that was."

Cavuto's dad would take him to Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium to catch a Braves game and then hit the Varsity. He loved the loaded chili dog. "It's got to be loaded!" he said. "You don't want to be talking to me afterward!"

Cavuto, 52, remembers his dad Pat was a major news  junkie, reading multiple papers, including both the Journal and the Constitution when they were separate publications, as well as the Wall Street Journal. His dad was also a good stock picker. "He wanted us to be very aware of money issues from a young age," he said. Cavuto, as a child, also loved watching the political conventions and seeing candidates at Lenox Square Mall seeking votes.

Though he went to college to be a priest, he soon switched to journalism. He interned at the Jimmy Carter White House, getting coffee for press secretary Jody Powell.

After college, he began his career at the Indianpoalis Star but found his place at the Nightly Business Report at PBS, eventually becoming New York bureau chief. He then helped start up CNBC in 1988 as an anchor. Eight years later, he helped launch Fox News.

Cavuto is at his third start up with Fox Business Network, which is still trying to find its footing after three years. He still gets huge numbers over at Fox News at 4 p.m.

He plans to man election coverage at Fox Business Network tonight for as long as it takes with an emphasis, of course, on business. He plans to gauge foreign market reaction and talk about the results with business moguls such as Donald Trump, Carl Icahn and Bob Crandall.

Cavuto likes to be straightforward, cutting out the jargon. "People try to sound like the smartest kid in the class I never was," he said. "I'll spare people the B.S. I'll get right to the point and get the big picture right... I'm not going to tell people to shut up or shout them down. I want to elicit the debate, not demean it."

"For a lot of people," he added, "it's not red or blue state. It's green. This is people's money."

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