Interviewing the 44th governor of Florida, Monday morning on MSNBC's "The Daily Rundown," Chuck Todd experienced for himself that old familiar Charlie Crist shuffle-ball-change. Todd asked Crist, "What can we do to bring more transparency to state parties and state government?" Crist, waiting to see if he'll testify in the Jim Greer trial, replied that he's very worried about transparency, too.

As students are being asked to return wrongly issued grants, Gov. Rick Scott would like a top down review of the leadership at Florida State College at Jacksonville. I have reviewed key findings associated with recent audits of FSCJ and am concerned that lack of management and financial oversight has hurt students at the college, Scott wrote to the Florida Times-Union this weekend.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott will be meeting with some media bigwigs and appearing on Fox News while in New York today. Scott expected to focus on jobs and the economy while on "Your World" with Neil Cavuto at 4:15 p.m. Before the interview, the governor is scheduled to meet separately with Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes and Fox political commentator Dana Perino. After the Fox News appearance, Scott is scheduled to meet with Rich Lowry, editor of the conservative National Review, and have dinner with CNBC anchor Joe Kernen at Campagnola Restaurant.

Entering the final month of a two-year voter education campaign, Restore Justice 2012 released a video Mondayhighlighting the decision by the Florida Supreme Court to give a confessed murderer a new trial. The justices campaigns recently defended the decision, claiming in a statement that they were protecting the killers constitutional rights. Have a look at the video here.

Gov. Rick Scott will be in Gainesville Saturday morning lending support to the search efforts to find University of Florida student Christian Aguilar, according to the governors office. Gainesville Police charged Pedro Andres Bravo with first-degree murder late Friday afternoon in Aguilars disappearance. His body has not been recovered.

The Republican Party executive committees from both Osceola and Polk counties expect to whittle a list of 18 applicants to take Rep. Mike Horners place in the House District 42 contest to five later today. The committees expect to be able to name the new candidate by Saturday afternoon after private one-on-one interviews at the Omni Hotel in Champions Gate, said Danny Sexton, chairman of the Osceola County Republican executive committee. Im extremely confident from the 18 that there is someone we can agree upon, Sexton said.

There's an old Sunday school sermon called "The Lord loves a positive thinker." In that vein ... Florida State University says it doesn't need Digital Domain Media Group (DDMG) to launch its new digital animation major this semester -- even though the university spent 18 months in routine meetings with the bankrupt animation studio to prepare for the launch. It's going ahead with the plan anyway, relocating a class of students to its new home in West Palm Beach.

Attorney General Pam Bondi released the following statement on the death of veteran Broward Sheriffs Office motorcycle deputy Christopher Schaub: My thoughts and prayers are with Deputy Schaubs family, friends and law enforcement colleagues, Bondi stated in a release. Deputy Schaubs death serves as a sad reminder of the risk law enforcement officers take every day to protect our communities.

Governor Scott spent Thursday morning with members of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission at the Florida Bass Conservation Center at thein Webster for his 13th Lets Get to Work day.

The Florida Attractions Association has created a webpage listing state legislative candidates for the November general election on a county-by-county basis. Check out your county, or any other Florida county, here.Reaching out beyond candidates for your home (or businesses) district to other districts in your county expands the reach of your message, the FAA posted.

Associated Industries of Florida has endorsed Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and U.S. Rep. Connie Mack, R-Fort Myers, over long-service U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Orlando. The Tallahassee-based business lobby has also endorsed 20 incumbents and candidates for U.S. House seats, all Republicans.

Gov. Rick Scott has promoted Jeffrey Smith to the position of Indian River County clerk of the court as Jeffrey Barton has resigned six months before the end of his term. Barton, who was due to be replaced by Smith in January, told TCPalm.com that he fired himself as a means to keep five employees from being laid off.

Gov. Rick Scott has named three -- Carly Lambert, Bonnie Lee Polk and William Robinson -- to the 12th Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission. Lambert, 31, of Parrish, has practiced with Price Hamilton Price Chartered since 2011. She succeeds W. Earl Varn and is appointed for a term beginning Sept. 26, 2012, and ending July 1, 2016.

Gov. Rick Scott will be at a fish hatchery in the Central Florida community of Webster on Thursday for his 13th Lets Get to Work day. Scott is scheduled to be at Richloam Fish Hatchery, a state-of-the-art facility that produces more than 2 million fish each year to stock Floridas public waters, at 9 a.m., according to a release from the governors office. Scott is to collect fish from outdoor ponds with biologists and performing lab work.

Florida Rep. Mike Horner, who abruptly ended his re-election campaign Monday after his name surfaced on a brothel client list, hasnt lost his job, for now, as president of the Kissimmee/Osceola Chamber of Commerce, the Orlando Sentinel is reporting.