But economic circumstances are much less favourable for him.
Shale gas prospects outside the US are incomparable to gains made so far there "since geological, geographical, and industrial conditions are much less favourable".
The optics, though, will be much less favourable this week, when the Texas governor is expected to turn himself in at the Travis County jail in Austin and be formally booked on charges of abuse of power.
Hints have been dropped that the terms would be much less favourable for a merged entity.The Department of Justice has also indicated that it would veto a deal, just like a proposed merger between AT&T and T-Mobile in 2011.
Support for the market economy among Venezuelan respondents has also surged.The poll also suggests that Mr Chávez's image in the region is much less favourable than that of many other leaders, and especially than that of Barack Obama (chart 6).
"However, UK geology is much less favourable than that of the US (the shale contains a much higher proportion of clay, rendering hydraulic fracturing, or 'fracking', techniques, much less viable), and, also unlike in the US, the benefits of production will accrue to the government, not to the landowner – thus increasing the likelihood of local opposition.
Attitudes towards Mormons were much less favourable than other Christian faiths, but better than those for Muslims or atheists.
The ratio is much less favourable than X%.
When using background cycling injury rates, the ratio of benefits to harms was much less favourable among female cycle hire users than among males.
However, for those patients with either relapsed, cisplatin-refractory disease or disease that is classified as IGCCCG poor prognosis (Mead et al, 1997), the outcome is much less favourable.
