President Barack Obama is picked up and lifted off the ground by Scott Van Duzer, owner of Big Apple Pizza and Pasta Italian Restaurant, during an unannounced stop Sept. 9, 2012, in Fort Pierce. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Four years after he made national headlines for bear-hugging President Barack Obama, pizza shop owner Scott Van Duzer wants to get his paws on a very different candidate.

Donald Trump.

"I would definitely give him a big hug, and probably mess his hair up," said Van Duzer, a Republican whose Fort Pierce pizzeria was boycotted by some members of his own party after he embraced Obama two months before the 2012 election.

Van Duzer hasn't yet decided whom he will vote for in Florida's March 15 presidential primary — but he is drawn to Trump because of the candidate's business background. He also likes that Trump is not a career politician. Van Duzer has narrowed his favorites to Trump and Sen. Marco Rubio.

"Maybe it's time for a change, you know what I mean?" Van Duzer said.

Don't take that as an indictment of Obama's performance. Van Duzer remains a big fan of the president.

"I think Obama, 10 years from now, is going to be one of the greatest presidents of all time," Van Duzer said. "People forget where we were when he took office."

He applauded Obama for bringing a majority of American troops home from Iraq and Afghanistan. He points out gas prices were sky high when Obama took office.

Though he's not your typical voter, Van Duzer is not alone in his party-crossing views. In August, Business Insider reported on a focus group of Donald Trump supporters in Virginia. Of the 29 people in the group, eight had voted for Obama — and four of them voted for Obama twice.

"There's good people from both sides of the aisle," Van Duzer explained. "It's very bizarre how people think if you're Republican you should just vote Republican."

For Van Duzer, electoral appeal has a lot to do with personality. Obama reminds him of a long-lost friend; someone he'd like to play basketball with. And Trump is a blunt businessman not afraid to say exactly what he thinks (not unlike Van Duzer).

Van Duzer — like so many likely GOP voters in Florida — is lukewarm on Jeb Bush. He's bothered by what he sees as a lack of authenticity in the former Florida governor.

"Jeb's not being Jeb," Van Duzer said. "Jeb's being what Donald wants him to be."

But he'd still hug Bush. In fact, the 6-foot-3 small business owner said he would hug any of the candidates if they walked into his Big Apple Pizza shop — except for one.

He's not interested in hugging Republican Sen. Ted Cruz.

"He reminds me of an Angry Bird," Van Duzer explained.

The politics of personality win again.