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Posted: 6/3/2013 3:39:54 AM EST
FILE - In this April 22, 2013 file photo Florida Gov. Rick Scott speaks in Tallahassee, Fla.As they gear up for re-election campaigns, many GOP governors, particularly those across the upper Midwest, find themselves in positions of strength. But some swing-state Republican governors are in serious trouble. Scott has not been able to capitalize on his states’ economic recovery, and his efforts to shift to the center politically haven’t seemed to help his standing. (AP Photo/Steve Cannon, File)
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Posted: 6/1/2013 9:54:10 AM EST
FILE - This Nov. 13, 2012 file photo New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks at a news conference in Trenton, N.J. Christie is one of nine Republican governors who support Medicaid expansion, a major component of President Barack Obama's health care law taking effect Jan. 1. The others Republican governors supporting the expansion are Jan Brewer in Arizona, Rick Scott in Florida, Terry Branstad in Iowa, Rick Snyder in Michigan, Brian Sandoval in Nevada, Susana Martinez in New Mexico, Jack Dalrymple in North Dakota and John Kasich in Ohio. The law is designed to provide coverage to about 20 million uninsured people if all states accept. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)
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Posted: 6/1/2013 9:54:10 AM EST
FILE - In this May 16, 2012 file photo, Florida Gov. Rick Scott speaks in Fort Lauderdale. It's Republican vs. Republican in the latest round of political battles over health care. Conservative Republican governors in major states are trying to block efforts by more pragmatic governors of their own party to accept health insurance for more low-income residents under President Barack Obama's health care law. Long opposed to the remake of the health insurance market, Scott has softened his tone, and is now one of nine Republican governors who support Medicaid expansion, a major component of the health care law taking effect Jan. 1. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter, File)
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Posted: 5/29/2013 6:17:37 PM EST
Florida Governor Rick Scott speaks during an interview in New York March 26, 2012. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
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Posted: 5/20/2013 4:24:06 PM EST
Florida Governor Rick Scott greets an attendee in the audience before the start of the final U.S. presidential debate in Boca Raton, Florida October 22, 2012. REUTERS/Joe Skipper
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Posted: 5/3/2013 8:26:36 PM EST
Florida Governor Rick Scott greets an attendee in the audience before the start of the final U.S. presidential debate in Boca Raton, Florida October 22, 2012. REUTERS/Joe Skipper
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Posted: 5/2/2013 7:50:14 PM EST
Florida Governor Rick Scott greets an attendee in the audience before the start of the final U.S. presidential debate in Boca Raton, Florida October 22, 2012. REUTERS/Joe Skipper
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Posted: 5/2/2013 7:50:14 PM EST
Florida Governor Rick Scott greets an attendee in the audience before the start of the final U.S. presidential debate in Boca Raton, Florida October 22, 2012. REUTERS/Joe Skipper
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Posted: 4/29/2013 3:46:51 PM EST
Florida Governor Rick Scott holds a news conference at the State Emergency Operations Center in Tallahassee, Florida, August 27, 2012. REUTERS/Phil Sears
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Posted: 4/29/2013 3:46:51 PM EST
Florida Governor Rick Scott holds a news conference at the State Emergency Operations Center in Tallahassee, Florida, August 27, 2012. REUTERS/Phil Sears
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Posted: 4/10/2013 4:52:30 PM EST
Kenia Landa, bingo manager, talks to a reporter at the Tropicana Bingo and Arcade in Hialeah, Fla., Thursday, April 10, 2013. Gaming centers also known as "Internet cafes" are now illegal in Florida. Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill Wednesday that bans up to 1,000 storefront operations across the state. The new law took effect immediately after Scott signed the bill. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
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Posted: 4/10/2013 4:52:30 PM EST
Turned off gambling machines are shown at the Tropicana Bingo and Arcade in Hialeah, Fla., Thursday, April 10, 2013. Gaming centers also known as "Internet cafes" are now illegal in Florida. Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill Wednesday that bans up to 1,000 storefront operations across the state. The new law took effect immediately after Scott signed the bill.(AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
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Posted: 4/10/2013 4:52:30 PM EST
Turned off gambling machines are shown at the Tropicana Bingo and Arcade in Hialeah, Fla., Thursday, April 10, 2013. Gaming centers also known as "Internet cafes" are now illegal in Florida. Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill Wednesday that bans up to 1,000 storefront operations across the state. The new law took effect immediately after Scott signed the bill.(AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
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Posted: 4/10/2013 4:52:30 PM EST
Gladys Fundora plays bingo at the Tropicana Bingo and Arcade in Hialeah, Fla., Thursday, April 10, 2013. Gaming centers also known as "Internet cafes" are now illegal in Florida. Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill Wednesday that bans up to 1,000 storefront operations across the state. The new law took effect immediately after Scott signed the bill.(AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
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Posted: 4/10/2013 4:52:30 PM EST
Customers play bingo at the Tropicana Bingo and Arcade in Hialeah, Fla., Thursday, April 10, 2013. Gaming centers also known as "Internet cafes" are now illegal in Florida. Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill Wednesday that bans up to 1,000 storefront operations across the state. The new law took effect immediately after Scott signed the bill. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
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Posted: 4/10/2013 4:52:30 PM EST
A customer enters the New York New York Arcade in Hialeah, Fla., Thursday, April 10, 2013. Gaming centers also known as "Internet cafes" are now illegal in Florida. Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill Wednesday that bans up to 1,000 storefront operations across the state. The new law took effect immediately after Scott signed the bill. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
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Posted: 4/10/2013 4:52:30 PM EST
Gladys Fundora plays a sweepstake game at the New York NewYork Arcade in Hialeah, Fla., Thursday, April 10, 2013. Gaming centers also known as "Internet cafes" are now illegal in Florida. Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill Wednesday that bans up to 1,000 storefront operations across the state. The new law took effect immediately after Scott signed the bill.(AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
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Posted: 3/14/2013 4:38:25 AM EST
In this Tuesday, March 5, 2013 file photo, Florida Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll and Gov. Rick Scott embrace prior to his State of the State speech in the Florida House of Representatives in Tallahassee, Fla. Carroll resigned and nearly 60 other people were charged in a widening scandal of a purported veterans charity that authorities said Wednesday, March 13, 2013 was a $300 million front for illegal gambling. (AP Photo/Phil Sears, File)
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Posted: 3/13/2013 6:31:02 PM EST
Florida Gov. Rick Scott make a statement at a news conference concerning Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll's resignation on Wednesday, March 13, 2013, in Tallahassee, Fla. Florida's lieutenant governor resigned and nearly 60 other people were charged in a scandal involving a purported veterans charity that authorities said Wednesday was a $300 million front for illegal gambling. (AP Photo/Steve Cannon)
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Posted: 3/4/2013 3:01:16 PM EST
Florida Governor Rick Scott greets an attendee in the audience before the start of the final U.S. presidential debate in Boca Raton, Florida October 22, 2012. REUTERS/Joe Skipper
