eliot ackerman do you first. our political parties have been around since the birth of the country practically. we have a stable system of government. why circumvent them? >> what's important to realize is this isn't a third party. this is a second nominating process. the vision here is that in november of 2012 when american voters go to the poll, they'll be... there will be a third ticket that they directly nominated themselves. americans-elect will be holding the first-ever non-partisan on-line nominating convention. any registered voter can be a delegate to that convention. the. >> woodruff: it's not a third party, you're saying, but it's a process that would circumvent the party. what is it about the two political parties that makes you think you can get around them? >> well, if you look at the polls, judy, you see that there are record levels of disapproval with both parties, with congress, with institutions generally. what we've seen in our research is that solid majorities of american people support the id