![]() ![]() ![]() Pressler wants to be one of those such independents. He’s putting some sweat equity into it with The Centrist Project, a 501 (c) (4) set up to help elect centrists to the Senate. “Now he needs some more people to play with.” Wheelan, a Dartmouth professor of public policy, isn’t just theorizing. “Angus King proved this could be done,” Wheelan said of the Maine independent elected in 2012. He argues that with the Electoral College rigged against third-party candidates and the House an ungovernable and gerrymandered mess, centrists should focus on elected a handful or so to the Senate where they could help dictate the agenda in a closely divided body. ![]() Wheelan’s call for more pragmatic lawmakers hinges on a Senate-first strategy. The match of aspiring lawmaker to book discussion couldn’t have been a better fit. Pressler, second from right, at Monday's Roll Call Book Club with, from left to right, Adam Yotter, Katie Conley and Kristen Harper. ![]()
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