Triumph of ego over common sense. Talks about his role as a rockefeller republican and how the Republican Party moved from moderate to conservative. St. John fisher in rochester, nw york hosted this event in 2008. Richard i want to tell you about my book. I would explain the title, no room for democracy the triumph of ego over common sense. I would tell you about the style of the book. There is no room for democracy in a political party, political leadership. If cant get anything done you dont have a dictator running the political party. Its all right to listen to what other people have to say, but there are a lot of things decisions a leader has to make if you going to get anything done. I saw an article the other day in the New York Times in which democratic congressman said we need discipline in the party. I got a kick out of that because thats what i have been saying for a long time. There are examples in the book about decisions that had to be no roomt come down to for democracy.