Actually...
They are offering alternatives, through the back door….
http://www.directlauncher.com/
And as for the majority being for the ESAS, while that is debatable as noted here
http://www.transterrestrial.com/archives/009073.html#009073
Ares I and Ares V are dead as soon a Griffin leaves. After the next election at the latest, sooner if Congress gets him over the IG issue.
And Congress is already cutting Mars out of the agency's budget as a sign of non-support for Griffin choices
http://www.spacepolitics.com/2007/06/21/mars-is-under-attack/
