Mr Bush has also presided over the biggest expansion in government spending since his fellow Texan, Lyndon Johnson, provoking fury on the right.

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Then there is fellow Texan Allan Stanford who sits in a Texas cell awaiting his 2011 trial on 21 criminal charges of defrauding investors.

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After all, fellow Texan and former President George W. Bush is not known for his pubic speaking, but Clinton can keep a crowd on the edge of its chair even in overtime.

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