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My Osama bin Laden Prediction Heard 'Around the World'

September 3, 2014 - 6:00pm

It was my usual weekly TV interview with ABC/WTXL/27 anchor Anne Imanuel. The program was branded Political Insight with Senator Bob McKnight, and aired in the North Florida and South Georgia market.

'Senator, That Was a Textbook Campaign for Governor'

August 26, 2014 - 6:00pm

Former Florida Gov. and U.S. Sen. Bob Graham, D-Miami Lakes, knows politics. Other than his race for president, Gov. Graham has never lost a campaign. He is also a constant student of effective politics. So, when he came up to me in 1986 and described a campaign in which I was involved as textbook, I took notes.

'Governor, the President Is Waiting for Your Call …'

August 19, 2014 - 6:00pm

It was May 1980. The annual session of the Florida Legislature was wrapping up and on this day, most of the members were back in their legislative districts getting ready for their re-election campaigns.

The ’78 Senate Debate at Miami's Tiger Bay Club

August 12, 2014 - 6:00pm

In 1978, there was only one Tiger Bay Club -- the original at the famed DuPont Plaza Hotel on the mouth of the Miami River.

'Senator Ted Kennedy Would Like to Meet With You at the DuPont Plaza'

August 5, 2014 - 6:00pm

As a 35-year-old first-term senator in Florida, that message had a chilling effect on me. It was conveyed by a telephone call from Marvin Rosen, a longtime friend and supporter of the Kennedy family.

The Final Nail in the ‘Pork Chop Gang’ Coffin

July 29, 2014 - 6:00pm

In Florida, historians generally agree that the 1960 Census -- and the subsequent legislatively proposed reapportionment plans crafted during the decade -- paved the way for the most significant governance change in state history.

The Attack on Entebbe … Not in Uganda, in the Florida Legislature

July 23, 2014 - 6:00pm

The campaign for speaker of the Florida House of Representatives for the 1978-'80 term was more closely watched than normal.

Fight on the Senate Floor: Dempsey Barron vs. President W.D. Childers

July 15, 2014 - 6:00pm

In 1978, Sen. Phil Lewis, D-West Palm Beach, took office as Senate president. The very first appointment President Lewis announced was to make his opponent for the presidency, Sen. Jack Gordon, D-Miami Beach, the important chairman of the Ways and Means Committee.

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