Granted, but the Christian right doesn't like Guiliani either, or Romney, or McCain. And neither Brownback nor Huckabee seem to be able to break out.
Obviously a lot of Thompson's support is coming from him being on TV and from not being the other guys. That may change, from what I gather his select few Deweyesque campaign appearances thus far have left mostly everyone unimpressed. Still, if it's not him, then who?

"The basis of optimism is sheer terror" - Oscar Wilde