America’s most widely read syndicated columnist, Cal Thomas, expects Sen. Barack Obama to win the upcoming presidential race.

He alluded to that expectation during today’s John Locke Foundation Headliner luncheon in Asheville. But Thomas never made that prediction directly. He spent much more time discussing the maladies that plague the United States.

9:40 p.m. update: Watch the entire presentation here.

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