Their real goal is not to protect the constitution but to protect Tallahassee's inside power brokers from the will of the people.

The unemployment rate is given a little too much primacy as an indicator of overall economic health. All of our data seem to indicate the quality is not there.

Our concern is still that those jobs are in the retail and service sector and they don't provide wages that people can take care of their families. The unemployment rate is not telling us what kind of jobs people are getting.

If you look at what's happening, you've got a bill over here, you've got a joint resolution over there, and as separate pieces they're just chips in a giant political poker game. But when you put them all together, the message is abundantly clear: This is the single greatest power grab in the history of the state of Florida.

We'd like to see more benefits created with these jobs. We've got three million workers in the state without health care.