Florida Gov. Rick Scott's approval rating plunges further (now 27%)

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Florida Gov. Rick Scott's approval rating plunges further (now 27%)

Channel 10 News in Tampa Bay reports:

July 14, 2011

TAMPA BAY, Florida - Despite four rounds of robocalls touting his achievements, Governor Rick Scott saw his approval numbers slip even more in early July, according to the conservative Sunshine State News.

A poll conducted by the Voter Survey Service from July 5-7 among 1,000 likely Florida voters showed just 27 percent of Floridians approved of the governor's performance, while 58 percent disapproved.

In May, left-leaning Public Policy Polling showed Scott had a 29 percent approval rating.

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Miami New Times:

July 13, 2011

The Democratically aligned Public Policy Polling and the nonpartisan Quinnipiac University polling service have both shown that Rick Scott's approval ratings are about the worst of any governor in the nation. But some of Rick Scott's fervent supporters might be the type to doubt the accuracy of "the lamestream media." Well, the conservative-slanted Sunshine State News has commissioned a poll and found Scott's approval rating to be lower.

Sunshine State News -- which, as evidenced by the defensive tone of the post, slants well to the right -- commissioned the poll from Voter Survey Service. The survey shows that only 27 percent of Floridians approve of Scott's job performance, while 58 percent disapprove.

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So Rick Scott's self-aggrandizing spam letter campaign to newspapers didn't work.

And the oceans of RPOF money spent on robocalls, direct mail, pollsters and consultants to resuscitate his image aren't working.

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.....the political pollsters, consultants and direct-mail gurus that entered Scott's campaign orbit last year are reaping the biggest payouts from RPOF coffers this year: upward of $500,000 in the past three months.
Direct-mail shop Public Concepts ($145,941.24), Scott pollster Tony Fabrizio ($119,250) and Scott's campaign phone-bank firm Advantage Inc. ($79,503.67) led the charge.

Another robo-call shop called Election Connections.com was paid $69,948.12 for its phone calls to voters, and Harris Media — Scott's Texas-based public-relations firm, which since his election has opened a Tallahassee office and hired his daughter — was paid $23,927.16 for Web ads for Scott and $11,638 for website work. Donna Arduin, the resident economic adviser who wrote Scott's "777" jobs plan last summer, was paid $46,000 for the three months.

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The biggest givers to the RPOF for the quarter were: NextEra Energy, the parent company of Florida Power & Light ($250,000); U.S. Sugar Corp. ($225,000); Tenet Healthcare Corp. ($160,000); TECO Energy ($145,000); Miguel Fernandez ($115,000); and private prison operator Geo Group ($100,000).

All of those contributors have vested interests in issues dealt with by the Florida Legislature, from immigration reform to utility-rate hikes and the state's plans to privatize the $22 billion Medicaid program and South Florida prisons.

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Spend all your money, Boyz!

Florida GOP effort to boost Scott's image not working according to Sunshine State poll

AP Photo/Alan Diaz (via Palm Beach Post)

Rick Scott, right, greets customers at the Versailles Restaurant in the Little Havana section of in Miami, Tuesday, July 12, 2011. The Cuban exile landmark Versailles Restaurant turns 40. Versailles is a must stop for many local and national politicians, a few of whom will likely attend the fiesta Tuesday in Miami's Little Havana. Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney and John McCain are among those who've campaigned there. Former President Bill Clinton is a repeat customer.

And the wardrobe downsizing didn't work.

This fraudster and the RPOF are deep in the Florida quicksand. And none of them will get out intact.

No, Rick. We don't love you or your party.

Fuhggettaboudit,
Floridians