INWORKINGS OF BECOMING SPEAKER DESIGNATE...IN 2010

Few people know who Dean Cannon is. But in five years, he'll be among the most powerful people in Florida Government...Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives. That is, unless death, incredible blunder, or the Democrats regaining control of the chamber occur first.

Cannon (R - Winter Park) has gathered enough pledges from his collegues in the House to become the Speaker in 2010, and the Orlando Sentinel's Scott Maxwell has some insights into how it was done.

But the attorney says it didn't necessairly impress his collegues at the law firm GrayRobinson:

But to hear him tell it, when Cannon told the senior partners that he'd won the race, they responded: "Good job. Now get back in your office and keep up your billable hours."