O, NEVER!!! At least not since the Constitution with it's attendant amendments was ratified. The original Articles of Confederation did have government control by the elite with no redress.
The Third Way WAS one of Hitler's names for his form of socialism. It is also the governing factor in China today, and the former{?} Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Wherein Committees {komitat} behind closed doors dictate policy.
No, "The Third Way" is socialism pure and unadulterated. Rule by people who are NOT responsible to the general public, but to their own whims on any given day in time. In other words, pure evil as has been demonstrated time and time again over many centuries. Peace and love, George.
Evil is not an overstatement either. We just had the Fish and Wildlife Commission walk into my area cripple the marine industry in the city of Cape Coral in the name of the Manatee. This is after thousands of people showed up and begged them not to do so at one of their public comment clown-shows where they pretend to care what the people think.
No elected officials and no redress whatsoever, just the wave of a finger by a group of jaundiced government employeees. Not a damn thing anyone can do about it.
This is not your father's America.