Why Obama Spoke at UT

A comment on the Statesman blog nails it:

It sounds like the students are unaware that the only reason Obama spoke to them was so the taxpayers could pick up the bill for this fundraising trip. If he went to just the fund raisers then the Democrat Party would have to pay for the trip. But by speaking to the students the taxpayers will now be billed. Kind of depressing in a recession. Hope the students enjoyed the show.