Hello and welcome to the Americano podcast, a series of discussions about American politics and now the Joe Biden presidency.

We will be looking at how a 78-year-old president will change America,

and we'll be asking if normalcy, which is what he promised to bring,

has returned to American politics?

The answer, of course, is no.

I'm joined today by the Spectators Washington editor, Amber Athe,

and the Spectator's managing editor, Matt McDonald. And they are both in Florida,

where they are attending CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Conference. Now, Amber, first of all you,

well, actually, both of you at the same time, what's it like being in Florida? I get the impression that it's the state of freedom.

It is absolutely lovely. You can go to a bar. You don't have to wear a mask in a lot of the businesses.

I will say that some businesses have taken their own liberty to have mask mandates or have certain social distancing rules. But for the most part, Florida is open for business. We've been out to

several bars where you can just mingle and sit and enjoy your drinks and not have to wear a mask.

There's no mask mandate outside like there is in D.C. and Virginia, so as long as you're not in

the hotel, you can just roam free. And it's really such a relief. I think everyone here that I've

spoken to keeps talking about, you know, even if we come out of this pandemic and a lot of the restrictions

get lifted, CPAC should continue to be in Orlando because Florida is such a great state. The weather's

perfect. And there's so much to do here compared to National Harbor.

I'm amazed that there are still people who live in the Northeastern United States,

because it is staggering how much better it is being down here than being in DC or New York.

Not that I'm trying to make you jealous, but it is amazing.

I have a friend from New York who's actually kind of liberal,

and he even came down to Orlando to live here temporarily in an Airbnb, and him and his girlfriend

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