Robert Scheer: Arms Dealer Obama Will Win by Default - Robert Scheer's Columns - Truthdig

Robert Scheer: Arms Dealer Obama Will Win by Default - Robert Scheer's Columns - Truthdig: Barack Obama will be re-elected not as a vindication of his policies but because the Republicans are incapable of providing a reasonable challenge to his flawed performance. On the central issue of our time—reining in the greed of the multinational corporations, led by the financial sector and the defense industry—a Republican presidential victor, with the possible exception of the now-sidelined Ron Paul, would do far less to challenge the kleptocracy of corporate-dominated governance.