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Presidential candidate on stage. are does the energy of the populist move go from here? michael tomaski is with the daily beast. michael, tayemy in the times today said until recently this was a love fest that was one sided. the cynics among us want to know what accounts for all of the love among de blasio and the clintons right now? >> well, i think they're mutually useful to each other. i think they like each other. de blasio did work on her first senate campaign in 2000. there's a lot of debate about what his role was, but he worked hard on that campaign. i think she came away from that cam...

Centerism in the '90s. one chaplain described new york city as a plantation. singer harry bellefonte denounced the stop and frisk policy. and de blasio himself made it clear he would not back away from a pledge to reform that policy. while it's early, hillary is going to have to be careful not to stray too far left. her numbers took a hit in the fall. in april 46% of independents viewed her in a positive liegts. in october that dropped to 35%. how does sh e remain among progressives on the left while still winning independence and centrists. >> i think she cannot afford to make the mistake she...

Conservatives use to keep their base exercised and engaged and angry at government. >> gang, thanks so much, corey dade, sabrina siddiqui and michael tomasky. if i don't see you before, have a great holiday and merry christmas to you all. you can find out more at thomasroberts.msnbc.com. irements and protect financial futures. to help communities recover and rebuild. for companies going from garage to global. on the ground, in the air, even into space. we repaid every dollar america lent us. and gave america back a profit. we're here to keep our promises. to help you realize a better tomorro...

Respect to some of the scientific studies. often you'll have the nih or the national science foundation defend those studies and say there's a lot to learn about aging, about disease like alzheimer's from these studies. but certainly, i think, again, tom coburn out again with his report gets points for once again highlighting that a lot of the members of congress who talked about deficit reduction, they don't actually follow up and really try to bring to bear wasteful spending. >> michael, what's your take? do you think that tom coburn gets credit for that? obviously sabrina says this money is...

Candidate take a new poll showing her lagging behind possible republican candidate chris christie? and republican senator tom coburn calls out congress and federal agencies for wasteful spending, but how much of his annual waste book report was much ado about nothing? these are the topics for our agenda panel today, corey dade is a contributing editor for the root, sabrina siddiqui and michael tomaski. gang, we're physically all in the same space but we are separated by floors and a little studio distance. >> separate but equal, thomas. separate but equal. >> exactly. michael, let me start w...