Chad Maisel

Democrats need to know how to use power — and what to do with it We established Project 2029 because the big debate about what the next President will do in 2029 needs to be happening now. It’s the only way we’ll be ready to take the big swings America needs. That’s why we were heartened by New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie’s response to the preview we shared of the first set of Project 2029 ideas: Most of them, from what has been revealed, are good: worthwhile plans to break up utility...

by Chad Maisel—Project 2029 Executive Director Over coffee recently, I asked a fellow Democratic policy wonk a simple question: what are we “for?” She paused for an uncomfortably long moment, then pointed to the Affordable Care Act’s premium tax credits — the expiring subsidies that were at the center of last year’s government shutdown. To be sure, they matter; millions rely on them to afford coverage. But in a moment this consequential we have a problem if our primary counter message for the...