that office has been empty ever since. now, by way of the constitution, there is supposed to be a lieutenant governor for the state of florida. somebody who's ready to take over if governor quits or cannot the florida constitution says the governor has to pick somebody for that job. upon vacancy in the office of the lieutenant governor, the governor shall appoint a successor, rick scott. so here we are coming up on a year and florida still does not have a new one. and so lawsuit. the florida democratic activists who filed this lawsuit today against rick scott told reporters, i think it's time he's done his job. it's been nine months. a woman could have conceived and delivered a baby in that time. which is true. now here's where it gets really interesting. because as slow as rick scott might seem to have been about picking a replacement, rick scott has, in fact, tried to appoint people to fill that office. he has tried. first he tried a county school