. >> host: charles wheelan is the author. "the centrist manifesto" is the book you will put phone lines. conversations on booktv. (202)585-3890 for those in eastern and central time zone. if you live in the mountain pacific time zone, you can make a comment on our facebook page or on their twitter page twitter.com/booktv. facebook/booktv. what is your background, mr. wheelan thatcher writing the book? >> this is a book i almost wrote by accident, getting matter, make you more notes. one is my very first job out of college writing speeches for recurrent, better known as olympia snowe's husband is the governor of may, a democrat. he was one of the last three. he was a new england republican, moderate republican, pro-choice, balkan k-12 education. on paper naÏvetÉ democrat. but fiscally conservative, perhaps the hunting of extinction. after that i went to became a policy person. i wrote for the economist, so i've been involved in politics. now i was watching it as an outsider in study and a come as a about everything through the