Thom sits down with former presidential candidate Ralph Nader for an extended interview about the 2012 election, and with journalist and author Thomas Frank on our country's subservience to the billionaire class. In tonight's "Daily Take" Thom looks at how Republicans are planning to steal the election by disenfranchising voters in Ohio.

The Good! *The New York Times* Yesterday - the Times' editorial board officially endorsed the marriage equality ballot intiatives that will be voted on in four states on Election Day. In the endorsement - the paper urged residents of Maryland, Minnesota, Maine and Washington State to "not place their state so sharply on the wrong side of fairness." The editorial went on to say that, "the freedom to marry is a fundamental right that should not have to be won or defended at the ballot box." Unfortunately - the sad reality in America is that marriage equality does in fact have to be put to a vote. Let's hope that more and more Americans realize that everyone should have the right to marry whomever they want - and vote for marriage equality on Election Day

Attorney Mike Papantonio, host of "Ring of Fire Radio" joins Thom Hartmann. Federal officials are pointing to a contaminated lab in Massachusetts as the cause of the nation's latest meningitis outbreak. And new evidence may pin blame for those 25 deaths directly on Mitt Romney

Francesca Chambers, Red Alert Politics & Austin Petersen, FreedomWorks joins Thom Hartmann.