On taxes and a range of other issues, the ideological zeal that served the Republicans so well became a liability.

Why such reluctance among Republicans to fight for historic party principles against ideological zeal?

We're tackling the deficit because we have to - not out of some ideological zeal.

And ideological zeal is not going to be sufficient to attract that many inhabitants.

You can express all the ideological zeal in the world, but it still has to be paid for.

But there were times when some felt the ideological zeal went too far.

The ideological zeal of freshmen Republicans may have contributed to the logjam.

Two junior ministers complained to me of Portillo's ideological zeal in cabinet committee.

Mistakes can be made even in industries not driven by ideological zeal.

The party saw its political unity and strong discipline as conditions for its ideological zeal.