The torch has been passed. Now it is up to all of us to fight for the America we believe in.

And make no mistake, it will be a fight. Barak Obama's stirring words to the party faithful here at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago,

sum up the mood. Yes, there's excitement surrounding the Harris Waltz ticket, but behind

the hooplaar, no mistaking the hard reality that the race for the White House

will go down to the wire. Welcome to Power Play, Politico's weekly podcast, where I talk to some of the most influential

people on either side of the Atlantic.

I'm Anne McElvoy and if you haven't already, please take a moment

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Joining me in front of a live audience in her home state of Illinois

is Senator Tummy Duckworth,

an army veteran who lost both of her legs serving in Iraq. These days she's in the

first line of defense against Republican attacks on Tim Wolse's military record

and she isn't afraid to fire back at Donald Trump, describing him as unfit to be

commander-in-chief.

Senator Tammy Duckworth, welcome to power play.

Thank you.

Give me your insight and how you see the mood. Because it seems to me that Delegates senior party figures,

the crowds that were meeting exuberant, so really rocking it, they're loving everything that's happening in the hall.

If you move outside, of course you have protests going on and some of them have a quite bitter undertone talking about genocide Joe, killer,

come on such. Do you think that the situation in the Middle East and particularly in Gaza is

one that is still haunting the party particularly if there is no lasting ceasefire

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