Dems borrow GOP playbook with sweeping Project 2029 agenda

Democrats are taking a page from the conservative playbook.A new initiative, dubbed Project 2029, is rolling out an ambitious policy agenda designed to give the party a ready-made governing blueprint if Democrats reclaim the White House in the 2028 election — mirroring the role the Heritage Foundation-backed Project 2025 played for Republicans ahead of President Trump’s return to office. The effort comes as Democrats continue searching for a unified message after the 2024 election, and months of infighting over how to respond to Trump’s second term.The organizers say their goal is simple: stop running solely against Trump and start offering voters a concrete vision of what Dems should do instead.“Our mission for whoever’s running for president in 2028 is to have a shelf of big ideas they can draw from as they’re putting forward their vision,” a Project 2029 spokesperson told The Post. Over the past year, organizers say they’ve talked to leaders on Capitol Hill, think tanks, private-sector leaders and potential presidential hopefuls to assemble a governing agenda that they will continue to roll out over the next year.Project 2029 bills itself as a framework to “give Americans the future they deserve,” by tackling affordability, child care, technology and government inefficiency through a mix of executive and legislative action.The effort resembles a response to Project 2025, the conservative governing blueprint assembled by more than 100 organizations before Trump’s second return to office.While Trump publicly distanced himself from the project, the Center for Progressive Reform reported that as of February, 53% of Project 2025’s policy agenda has been initiated by the administration.Rather than centering the Dems’ next presidential campaign on opposition to Trump alone, Project 2029 organizers argue that the party needs a governing agenda all voters can rally around.“Opposition and resistance to bad ideas is important, but it’s not ...