From Roldo Bartimole:

There is probably no one in the world that I respect more than Ralph Nader. No one I trust more. But I’m telling every Ohio voter, don’t vote for Ralph Nader.

The reason is simple. We cannot afford to have President John McCain.

[snip]

Personally, I think Barack Obama represents a wise choice, a choice I can make in good conscience.

I hope that Obama early in his term will seek out Nader’s advice on a whole host of issues. I hope he will not, as other Democrats unwisely have done, shun Nader. It would be a bad mistake.

We don’t have the luxury of many more political blunders.

Anyone who has doubts about Obama should read the endorsement of The New Yorker magazine. It is a masterful critique of the candidates.

So please, this one is very important. It will be important also to keep the pressure on President Obama to end the war in Iraq, and Afghanistan, too… and give him the popular support to redirect America to be the hope it once represented to the world.

Vote early on Tuesday, 4 November on a real ballot. And then take your friends to vote; take your neighbors to vote and volunteer to take strangers to vote.