Mitt Romney’s campaign reportedly reached out to Florida Gov. Rick Scott to ask him to tone down his statements celebrating Florida’s increasingly rosy economic news. Here are several releases from Scott’s office that could have been the catalyst for Romney’s panic.While Florida’s unemployment rate remains above the national average at 8.6 percent, Scott’s administration is eager to tell Floridians that the state’s economy is looking up. On April 20, Scott trumpeted that unemployment for March 2012 declined from 9.4 percent to 9 percent, the largest monthly unemployment drop in the state since 1992. Scott called the news a “milestone all Floridians can celebrate.” The press release’s headline read: “SURGING JOBS AND SHRINKING UNEMPLOYMENT SHOW FLORIDA’S ECONOMY HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.”
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