The two legislators are ideological opposites who nonetheless worked together successfully last year in fashioning a compromise immigration bill.

He then emphasized the bizarre notion of these two ideological opposites working together by saying, "Did you hear what I said?"

She said as little as possible, tried to agree even with her ideological opposites, and made no promises, even to her most avid supporters.

In theory, contributions from ideological opposites pose no problems for the project, leaders of the Islamic Center say.

Boschwitz is seeking revenge in a bitter match of ideological opposites.

"Which is why all the pundits are saying you're 'it'- Thorn likes surrounding himself with ideological opposites," Jackson said.

Recent history suggests that it would be anachronistic for Mr. Kerry to try to capture a single state or find an ideological opposite in a vice president.

Rehnquist built warm personal relations with his colleagues, even with ideological opposites.

Although Rehnquist was to the right of Burger, "his colleagues were unanimously pleased and supportive," even his "ideological opposites."

But ideological opposites attract.