In context: Rick Scott's comments on Republicans and jobs

Promise: Bring state employee health insurance costs in line with the U.S. average

Update: House isn't going along with Scott on health care goal

Rick Scott

Had been declining for years

"This budget also reflects the smallest state government workforce per 1,000 residents in Florida in this century."

Rick Scott

Close, if you forget original 2010 promise

"We are already almost halfway to our 2010 goal of creating 700,000 new jobs in seven years."

Promise: Institute Accountability Budgeting for each state agency

Update: Legislature has shown no interest in accountability budgeting

Will Weatherford

A lot of dough, but doesn't drive deficit

"Expanding Medicaid would require borrowing more money, drastically expanding our deficit."

Reclaim America PAC

Depends on definition of "fix"

Says Kelly Ayotte voted to "fix background checks."

Promise: Eliminate Florida's corporate income tax over 7 years

Update: Scott fails to get Legislature on board with exempting more businesses from corporate income tax

Kathy Castor

Feds haven't yet tallied actual cuts

"70,000 three-year-olds and four-year-olds across America will lose access to the preschool Head Start program. ... 2,000 in the state of Florida alone."

Marco Rubio

Penalties changed, and so did Rubio

On an early date for Florida's presidential primary

Charlie Crist

New Democrat gets on bandwagon

On support for gay marriage

Promise: Use inmate labor to grow prison food

Update: Legislature provided small increase for edible crops in 2012-13

Marco Rubio

Reluctance, or different priorities?

"We are dealing with an administration that, quite frankly, has shown a reluctance to enforce the immigration law."

Allison Tant

Separate raises for separate jobs

Says Gov. Rick Scott allowed Republican legislators to cut his teacher pay raise proposal by 60 percent.

Broward Democratic Executive Committee

Just how special is Broward County for Dems?

Broward County was one of three counties in the nation "pivotal to an Obama victory" in 2012.

Rick Scott

Not that fast

"Every Florida teacher gets a pay raise."

Friends of Miami First

Construction jobs are temporary

The Dolphins stadium renovation will "create more than 4,000 new local jobs."

Adam Schefter

Income tax, schmincome tax - not in FL

"Odd fact for odd draft: No. 2 overall pick will earn more than the No. 1 pick due to no state tax in Florida. So 2 not so bad."

Charles Van Zant

Not simple addition

"Abortionists have reduced our black population by more than 25 percent since 1973."

Christopher L. Smith

Bill makes many changes, some discretionary

The election bill "allows persons to correct an absentee ballot if they did not sign it and requires an extra two hours a day for early voting. Everything else in this bill is discretionary."

Carlos Gimenez

Carolina Panthers and Washington Redskins also pay property taxes

The Miami Dolphins "are the only NFL team in the entire nation that pays property taxes."