He is the child of Labour's crisis which resulted in his ideological credentials being preferred to the experience and qualifications of his rivals.

Though the CPRF has attracted high-profile candidates opposed to the ruling regime, they have generally lacked ideological credentials.

Still, the tone of the conference was less excitement about the 2008 campaign than concern about the ideological credentials of the three leading contenders for the Republican nomination.

Has contacts in their military and foreign ministries, good ideological credentials, sounding board for others in their Politburo.

Political surrogates, whether movie stars, country singers or state legislators, traditionally have been used to build crowds and validate ideological credentials for candidates who are strangers to a particular constituency.

His ideological credentials as a cold warrior are impeccable, yet his preferred battleground is the negotiating table.

For Angola's Marxist leaders, who count among Africa's most devoted imitators of the Soviets, the Cubans carry impeccable ideological credentials.

Yet still clinging to his own ideological credentials, he added: "That's not to say we agree with everything he does.

Several expressed admiration for him, but also skepticism about his political experience and ideological credentials.

Călugăru himself sparked posthumous controversy for participating in communist-orchestrated attacks on the work and reputation of authors without ideological credentials.