He suggests focusing efforts on electing into the Senate enough Centrists to deny either party a majority. Wheelan proposes one main strategy to give a Centrist Party momentum though he acknowledges America's age-old hostility to third parties. It would also improve the electoral process by addressing issues related to Congressional redistricting, Senate filibusters, and political lobbying. Wheelan suggests that a Centrist Party, by focusing on realistic outputs instead of the ideological inputs of policymaking, would embrace a long-term vision to address environmental and social security concerns. Still, he emphasizes that a new Centrist Party will not simply "split the difference" between Republican and Democratic approaches, and he criticizes and shows the shortsightedness of each. Wheelan explains how a range of contentious policy issues might well have middle-ground solutions that can be attained by building on the merits of the existing parties.
In this short book from 2013, Charles Wheelan highlights that a majority of Americans are more willing to compromise on policy issues than their representatives in a congress that has become increasingly polarized through gerrymandering and an exodus of moderates.
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