Mr. Morris is also willing to tour to promote the book and has agreed to be special guest speaker next week at a political breakfast sponsored by The New Yorker.

"People are beginning to come together around this," he told a group of labor leaders at a breakfast sponsored by the Central Labor Council.

Mr. Bruno, who represents Rensselaer County, near Albany, spoke at a breakfast sponsored by Crain's New York Business.

"There is no reason today why we can't trade with Cuba," Mr. Rangel said yesterday at a breakfast sponsored by Marazul Charters.

The proposal was made at a breakfast sponsored by the church's conservative "Good News" caucus.

Mr. Kiley first outlined his proposals yesterday at a breakfast sponsored by the Columbia University School of Business.

Mr. Rampe made his announcement at a breakfast sponsored by Crain's New York Business, and he also addressed some of the growing criticism of the memorial competition.

Mr. Sproat spoke at a breakfast sponsored by The Energy Daily, a trade publication, and Areva, a reactor vendor.

The Governor will repeat his message at a breakfast sponsored by the Association for a Better New York on Tuesday morning.

Today's events included a breakfast sponsored by the mayor of Secaucus and a gathering of elderly voters in the shore town of Barnegat, 90 miles away.