AN "UNEVEN LANDSCAPE".

Even though, there are only four men left in the Republican Party nomination race, the landscape of the race is getting to be rougher and uneven still, as each candidate makes sure that the others do not get too far ahead before he catches up.

According to press reports, Romney, who everyone thought was more electable among his colleagues was losing his reputation of a strong managerial figure, when it came to getting the nation's economy back on track.

Santorum was now outpacing him with attacks of Romney's failures in business being more than his successes. Even some of the successes were mere "so called", because he sought the help of the United States government to bail him out, like the Salt Lake Olympics program that he took over and made it "successful".

Millions of dollars came from the Federal government to redeem the project, without which it would have been a total flop.

Talking about "flop", Romney has been portrayed as the master of the art of flip flop on almost every major social issue, from global warming to homosexual marriage; and so, his sincerity to champion any cause, political or cultural, was in doubt.

He, Romney, has been making gaffs that were speeding up his decline, for being out of touch with society, such as the poor always having a "safety net" provided, of course, by the taxpayer.

The internal wranglings of the Republican Party have been getting worse and worse on the campaign trail, with Newt Gingrich accusing his rivals for being far more less conservative in their beliefs; and also that Santorum, just as Romney, has been bungling things up all his life; thus making both of them unsuitable for the party's nomination.

Somehow, in spite of his oratory and masterful language expertise, he has been falling in the polls, from second last to last and back to second last. His poll numbers were more unstable than a yo-yo.

As for Ron Paul, his argument of interference by the U.S. in other nations' affairs has branded him an isolationist, and his message was still being heard by only the Libertarian Party platform, die-hard support. He could hardly win a single state in the primaries and/or the caucuses, which could determine a nominee by a delegation count.

The party's ardent supporters were looking for another person to "jump" in the fray, as the present field could not actually boast of any of the candidates, who could be a real good match for President Barack Obama in the 2012 presidential election.

They were eying a few potential candidates, which included former Florida governor Jeb Bush and Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey, to come to the rescue of the GOP. Otherwise, the party's Tampa Convention in Florida would have a foregone conclusion, a botched up one.