Granted, the latest poll conducted on Rick Scott's popularity comes from Sunshine State News, the pro business, conservative leaning news website. But even their pollster can't change the facts on the ground: Although the Florida governor may be listening (finally) to voters concerns -such as in the rapid reversal on allowing overnight camping on Honeymood Island – that decision, announced last Friday night, came a day after the site had its pollster interview 1,000 Floridians views on the Governor, and the results are rather ugly if you're a supporter of the former health care executive.
According to the poll, just 27 percent of Floridians approve of Scott's performance currently, while 58 percent disapprove. Those surveyed were asked their opinion at the same time that Scott alienated some of his hard core Tea Party base by supporting the controversial SunRail commuter rail project.
This article appears in Jul 7-13, 2011.