Issues

At TCR, we do not have a problem with incumbents being challenged in a primary as long as the 11th Commandment is followed, so whomever wins the primary is not left mortally wounded for the fall election.

With the onset of the 2012 primary filing, it is good to remember that Ronald Reagan’s 11th Commandment – “Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican” – still makes sense.

It is clear by the recent decision to hold up (we’ve been waiting three years) until next year the approval of a pipeline from Canada to the Gulf Coast, which would increase safe oil resources and increase jobs, that President Obama is not serious about energy independence, disentangling us from unstable Middle Eastern oil and expanding U.S. employment.

With an appalling 8.79% turnout, Houston voted in the 2011 City Election. Conservative pundits like Paul Bettencourt lament the lost opportunities in a 60% Democratic city.

As a longtime resident, your editor is saddened by the decline of the Houston Chronicle. A once proud newspaper has declined so much over recent years with the loss of journalistic talent and a decline in reporter’s ethics.

This is an interesting year in local politics. With the Obama economy still struggling nationally, and with the City of Houston suffering too – though not to the extent of the rest of the country – there is much political turmoil.

The biannual Texas Conservative Review City of Houston Voters Guide is coming soon to your mailbox and to the Internet.

The race for the GOP nomination is tightening, so any thought of a quick decision is out.

Tuesday September 13th’s special election in NY-09 resulted in a Democratic loss. This seat last went Republican in 1922!

Since Governor Perry’s roll out, things have gone well. He is being tested by the media, slapped the Federal Reserve for its unsound weak dollar policy and survived critics.