Kaitlin Bell, an Observer intern who used to write about city government for the McAllen, Texas-based Monitor, has a fun interview with one of Hillary Clinton’s surrogates in South Texas.

Among other things, the surrogate – Billy Leo, the mayor of La Joya – says that the Obama organization down there is much better than the Clinton organization, but that the area’s Hispanic population is still very fond of the Clintons.  read more »

In South Texas, one of the state's remaining Democratic strongholds, people love the Clintons. They know Bill's favorite taco restaurant in McAllen, a city of about 150,000 on the Mexico border. They mobbed him at a Barnes & Noble last fall. They named a school after him.

So things should look pretty good for Hillary Clinton in next week's Texas primary.  read more »