politics and two party system a frank interview that won the battle for gerry white's socialist equality party presidential term that's coming right. party sitting down with jerry white socialist equality party presidential candidate for the upcoming two thousand and twelve election mr right thank you very much for joining our team today thank you very much well according to a gallup poll a record number of americans now identify themselves as independents that's actually more than those who identify themselves as democrats or republicans what do you think that says about american politics really central question. as for years social opposition has always been channeled back into the democratic party which is presented itself as the people's party right so you had huge protests for example against the iraq war in two thousand and three but then the leadership of those protests quickly put that movement behind first the john kerry campaign then finally the obama campaign. you have the occupy wall street protests and it's pression initial expression of enormous anger over social inequality the d