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After the impromptu technical-difficulty break, moderator Chuck Todd asked Elizabeth Warren — owner of the most impressive policy wish list of the Democratic primary — how she might deal with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s legacy of obstruction, assuming that Republicans hang onto the Senate.

Yeah—@ewarren even has a plan to deal with Mitch McConnell. #DemDebate pic.twitter.com/CymR0WfH3F — Team Warren • Make Calls to Iowa! ☎️ (@TeamWarren) June 27, 2019

Of course, Warren’s vow to make Democrats play hardball would require the party to actually wield its power, a premise it has been reluctant to accept for years. But as New York’s Rebecca Traister notes, Warren’s call to “push from the outside and have leadership from the inside” recalls FDR’s response to activists yearning for reform: “Now go out and make me do it.”