Former U.S. Congressman Carlos Curbelo returns for a conversation on politics and legislation. Curbelo explains that, because of all the noise amidst impeachment and the Democratic primary, congressional campaigns have flown largely under the radar. He also discusses the political cost of switching parties and emphasizes that reelection is everyone’s biggest priority. Curbelo talks about the STATES Act versus the SAFE Banking Act and believes that, between the two, the SAFE Banking Act is more likely to pass in the near future. He also notes the newfound absence of cannabis as a political hot topic: “The fact that cannabis is not being discussed a lot in the context of primary elections is actually wonderful news because that means it’s not a sharp weapon anymore, in a negative sense.”

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Seth Adler:
All right, so it's middle ground, it's Carlos Curbelo. Congressman, thank you so much for joining us once again.
Carlos Curbelo:
Thank you Seth. We're in the middle of the Democratic primary, so it's not time for Middle Ground, but let's do it anyway.
Seth Adler:
I guess this year we're going to try to kind of focus in on what's somebody running for office, no matter the office would be thinking about, we'll leave presidential politics aside, plenty of people are on that one. And maybe we can get to where there could be middle ground, but the work at hand for somebody that's running for Congress, US Congress, as the year gets going here, I know I've been seeing these presidential candidates going for over a year, I guess with the exception of if you're a billionaire, you can join whenever you want.
Carlos Curbelo:
Yeah, you can be late to the party.
Seth Adler:
There we go. But if you're running for Congress, why am I just reading that kind of, campaigns are just getting going.
Carlos Curbelo:
Well, in part because of the Democratic primary, it's just sucked up all the oxygen. The other part of the equation is because we have a president that also demands a lot of attention, some people would say commands a lot of attention, and doesn't leave a lot of room for races for the US Senate, for the US House. So everyone's talking about the President every day and what he did, and how congressional leaders, Democrats specifically, are reacting to that, obviously impeachment for a few weeks dominated all of the political conversation.

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