Rick gets "thunderous" applause at Texas Southern?

Say what you will about Rick, but he has a knack for connecting with minorities...

Rick was the keynote speaker at Texas Southern University's commencement, and somehow he avoided a big boo fest and worked the crowd like he does with his base...

The Dallas Morning News has a blip about the event (link). Excerpt follows...

Gov. Rick Perry has told more than 800 graduates of Houston's traditionally black university they are the future of Texas and the nation.

Perry gave the commencement address Saturday to graduates of Texas Southern University.

He says the graduates are better positioned to make a difference in the current economy because Texas has created more jobs than any other state in the past six months. Perry also says Texas has a lower unemployment then most states.

Perry got a thunderous welcome when the school's band played a mix of the Texas Southern University song and Texas A&M University's fight song. Perry is an A&M graduate. He punched his fists in the air, hopped around and sang along. The graduates got on their feet to join the governor.

This has to irritate Bill White... Rick is marching right into Bill White's base areas and winning peeps over. Now it doesn't mean that "thunderous" applause will translate into actual votes, but it will probably do more than Bill White's weak events in places like Midland which are considered part of Rick's base...

Looking at the Twitter traffic... the reviews were pretty good (link). Excerpt follows...

RT @MrRealEstate713: Rick Perry is prolly one of the most entertaining speakers at TSU graduation...cool dude! less than a minute ago via UberTwitter ernie

Rick Perry is a Great Commencement Speaker..... Quick and straight to the point!!!! less than a minute ago via UberTwitter Crystal Alexander

There is also video out there (link)....

Did Bill White give a commencement speech anywhere?