Gov. Rick Scott Touts Unemployment Drop

Florida's unemployment rate fell 0.4 percent in February, down to 11.5 percent, and while Gov. Rick Scott is encouraged by the dip, he was cautious not to take credit for the figure so early into his term in office. He did note that Florida has all the ingredients for a more precipitous drop in the unemployment numbers.

"There's never one factor. If you travel the state -- and I travel pretty much everyday -- you can see our state's getting back to work. We clearly are going to be the job creator in the country -- no income tax, right-to-work state, better beaches, better weather, hard-working people. We have a very hard-working work force in this state," Scott said Friday during a visit to Workforce Plus, a job placement agency in Tallahassee.

But with the unemployment rate still in double figures, Scott knows there's still work to do.

"We still have over 1 million people out of work, so we've got to get people back to work," he added.