Rick Scott Praises Mitt Romney and Makes a Pitch for Jobs

With Florida holding a crucial primary in the Republican presidential race next Tuesday, Gov. Rick Scott is not taking sides -- but he did praise former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romneys record in the private sector when he appeared on Your World with Neil Cavuto on Fox News on Tuesday.

Asked about Romney releasing his tax reports on Tuesday, Scott offered the presidential hopeful some kind words -- and made a pitch for companies to open shop in the Sunshine State.

Look, when you are going to hire somebody would you like them to have success or a whole bunch of failure? You want to hire successful people, because you know what -- they figured out how to be successful, Scott said. They know you have to surround yourself with smart people, youve got to take care of your employees, youve got to treat people with respect, youve got to be very goal-oriented. Thats how youre successful and so Governor Romneys been successful. I mean, you should promote business people that have had success because, you know what --we want them in America. Now, I want them all in Florida, but we want them in America. So I am excited about business people that have success and I want them to say, gosh, if youre thinking about doing business, Im flocking to Florida.