The Brief: Top Texas News for Aug. 17, 2012

The Big Conversation:

Based on one presidential candidate's campaign schedule, you might think Texas was up for grabs in November.

Of course, Texans won't likely figure into any electoral strategy this fall, but that hasn't stopped Gary Johnson from crossing the state this week in an effort to drum up support for his long-shot bid as the presidential candidate for the Libertarian Party.

A former two-term governor of New Mexico, Johnson last year ran for the Republican nomination before dropping his bid in December and declaring his candidacy for the Libertarian nomination, which he won in May ...

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