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For those who thought that by the South Carolina primary we’d know who the GOP nominee would be is mistaken.

As we start 2012, we have everything before us, or maybe nothing. President Obama is beatable, but if we do not work hard and smart, we could lose.

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.