Now the administration is preparing to deliver on what is the core interest of many ideological conservatives: judicial appointments.
Since the midterm elections, foreign policy realists have appeared to be ascendant at the expense of more ideological conservatives.
In most cases, however, a Republican first has to survive the primary process, which brings out the most committed ideological conservatives.
Both were considered suspect by ideological conservatives within the Republican Party.
Exurban voters are not, by and large, ideological conservatives.
Those views differ from the views of ideological conservatives in the Administration, who oppose expanding Federal health programs.
In the early 1960's, Republicans dominated politics in the state, but an ideological conservative had no political home here.
If the ideological conservatives energize their voters, the split could be 50-50 or, in the South, even 40-60 the other way.
Seymour Lipset speaks of those with such attitudes as "ideological conservatives" and "operational liberals."
True enough, but not all of Mr. Gregg's allies are ideological conservatives.