how many candidates are there anyway?

i had an idea for a post to compare my viewpoints with those of each of the presidential candidates - as they are presented on each of their own websites. my first step was to find a comprehensive list of the candidates. i knew that there were a few more than the ~3 democrats and ~6 republicans who usually get any news coverage, :

D:
Biden
Clinton
Dodd
Edwards
Gravel
Kucinich
Obama
Richardson

R:
Giuliani
Huckabee
Hunter
McCain
Paul
Romney
Thompson

but i had no idea there were so many others out there:

http://www.truthusa.org/issues.htm
http://www.jaredball.com/?page_id=4
http://www.mesplay.org
http://www.prezkat.info/
http://www.draftnader.org/case-for-nader.php
http://www.imperato2008.com/imperato2008/issues.asp
http://bobjackson.org/issues.aspx
http://www.resetamerica.com/pages/core.html
http://www.kubby2008.com/node/8
http://www.link-for-pres.org/
http://phillies2008.org/issues
http://www.millionairerepublican.com/home/wherestands.php
http://www.christinesmithforpresident.com/Iraq-War.php
http://www.votebrianmoore.com/issues.htm
http://www.presidentadams.com/site/aissues2.asp
http://donaldkallenforpresident.com/
http://www.ashby2008.com/index.php?p=4
http://www.bowlesforpresident.com/id28.html
http://www.doncordellforpresident.com/#bPlatform
http://www.greenspon2008.com/Issues.asp
http://joanne21921.tripod.com/index.html
http://www.aimhigh.com/hlp/h4p/platform.html
http://www.dave08.com/index.php
http://tkozeejr.googlepages.com/home
http://www.georgekunz.org/vote2/issues.html
http://www.michaelslevinson.com/
http://home.earthlink.net/~maxhamforpresident/id11.html
http://www.callonmccall.com/presidentialviews.html
http://www.odom2008.com/issues.html
http://www.voteforjoe.com/stands/stands_domestic.html
http://www.wilson2008.com/planks.html

some of them might even be serious...