Bob Schwartz

When Democrats brought attention to the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 (officially Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise) the reaction from many was horror and revulsion. “Not this, NEVER”. Democrats used this call for rejection as a loud talking point in the unsuccessful 2024 presidential election.

One way to look at Project 2025 is to compare it to the Democratic Platform of 2024.

The Democratic Platform is 92 pages long, a comprehensive length, identifying important areas, with praise for what the Biden administration had accomplished in these areas, and a promise that the next Democratic administration would build on that. It represented what establishment Democrats could agree on, but is not particularly inspiring.

Project 2025 is 922 pages long—ten times the Democratic Platform. More than that, it is a detailed plan for an American revolution, step by step. Which is why the reaction from Democrats was so extreme. As unlikely as it seemed that Republicans would have the opportunity to actually execute the plan—Trump would very likely lose the election—just the possibility was frightening.

For those who haven’t seen or read Project 2025, here is the Table of Contents:

It is a little late for Democrats to inspire the hearts and minds of enough Americans to win the 2024 election. However, right now is the time to inspire the hearts and minds of Americans—Democrats and others—to believe in the Democrats, with a detailed plan starting now, that isn’t just “not those bad guys” or “choose more of the same”. A detailed plan that is a step-by-step exciting and even risky path to a new future that doesn’t look like the past—either of the party or of America. A detailed actionable vision that goes beyond “put us back in office in 2026 and 2028 and everything will be fine again”.