He's Certainly Visited Enough to Know

In this morning's NYTimes article about Senator Barack Obama's year-long cross-country tour, the Democratic presidential candidate confesses to being surprised by Austin and its music scene. "A place that I’ve come to love, which I did not expect until this campaign, is Texas," he goes on to say. "I ended up loving Texas!" [NYTimes] via [Austin Soundcheck]

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