10 candidates and not one acceptable.

At the moment, there are a whopping 10 Republicans considering a run for the presidency, though Republicans have struck a reputation for choosing one candidate early in recent elections. There are plenty of others openly considering a run at the Oval Office, including Fred Thompson. However, they all seem to be the same kind of conservative, traditional, not the religious right zealots that put Bush in power. Pundits are saying that this is a kind of backlash against the mess that Bush has made of this country, and against the power base that allowed him to do so. There is a problem with this, though. Despite the problems with Bush, the evangelicals are still the single most powerful conservative demographic in the country, and they are not happy with their field of candidates. The current field also has one other major problem The traditional conservative government platform they are running on is based strongly upon the military and support for the military. With the Iraq War as wildly popular among moderates as it is today, that could chop off that end of the spectrum of their support. What they are left with is, well, not quite enough to put them on Pennsylvania Avenue.