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Today is Governor Rick Scott’s three hundred fifty-first day in office. It was also his last day at the state Capitol until the new year. The Governor spent the day meeting with the Capitol Press Corps, including our Mike Vasilinda.

Governor Rick Scott was sworn in on January 4th. Since then he has canceled billions in high speed rail contracts, sparred with unions over pensions, fought with teachers over tenure, overseen two executions, and much, much more. We sat down with the Governor and asked about his first year in office.

“Well, it’s fast,” Scott said. “There’s never been a dull moment since I came into office. It’s just a whirlwind.”

By the end of his first one hundred days, his approval ratings, which were never high, were plummeting.

Wednesday is the Governor’s three hundred fifty-first day in office. He describes those days as a learning curve and an evolution.

“It’s all just an evolution of learning the job,” he said. “Because when you come into this, it’s pretty broad, the issues you’re dealing with.”

In late summer, Scott shook up his staff, brought in outsiders to help his crew of Tallahassee newcomers. On his last day before the holidays, Scott was sitting down with 16 different news agencies to talk about the first year and going forward.

Scott became a grandfather in November. We asked how that might change his style of governing.

“It just reinforces why I ran. I ran because I care about people,” Scott said.

Scott’s approval ratings are still as low as ever. He attributes it to the fear of change…and he reminds himself that he’s got an agenda and to keep on following it.