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For the last few weeks the sky was falling with sequestration, at least according to the President. First, it was losing teachers and police. Then it was layoffs that will close airports and so on.

This fortnight we are thinking about a number of problems facing our country and our state. First, did you get the North Korean wakeup calls?

Steven Hayward in his biography The Age of Reagan details how Reagan dealt with political defeats on issues, “Though Reagan lost many battles, he did not lose the initiative and herein lies a fundamental lesson of politics. Even when losing, a political ideology that remains on the offensive creates a favorable political environment.”

The Texas legislature is back and with revenue up we have an opportunity in many areas, including tax relief, or do we?

With thanks to stockbroker extraordinaire Neal Nobel, website: (www.ubs.com/team/doublen) the debate in D.C. over various ways to avoid the fiscal cliff and solve our big deficit issue is basically on the margins.

“Well at least we kept the House.” True enough, but a closer look tells us how bad an election we had because without a successful 2010 in statewide and legislative races we would not have controlled redistricting in most of the key states.

With the country facing major challenges that require both parties working together you’d have thought liberals would be willing to put aside politics for awhile.

The value of looking backward for a political party is to learn from political mistakes. In 2012, the GOP in Harris County had an election that was disappointing as we lost many of our countywide candidates.

After the most expensive presidential campaign in our history, Barack Obama has survived and been reelected.

As we wind down toward the end of Election 2012, it is important to remember that your vote matters. The top of the ticket in Texas, Romney-Ryan and Cruz will be fine, but down the ballot your participation is critical.