Building on his previous inroads into the Florida Republican establishment and his courting of Jeb Bush allies, Mitt Romney has landed the support of another top Florida GOP pol: Rep. Tom Feeney, a former Speaker of the State House. The Romney campaign has just put out a press release touting the support of Feeney, who was elected to the House in 2002 and achieved minor national fame in 2000 for calling a special legislative session to award the state's Presidential Electors to George W. Bush. During that controversy over voter confusion, Feeney also made waves with remarks in favor of the use of literacy tests as a pre-condition for the right to vote.

Romney has been successful in winning over Bush Republicans throughout the South who have never forgiven John McCain for his insurgent candidacy against the President in 2000, and Feeney represents yet another victory on that front.