Meanwhile, Mr. Forbes, with his vast personal wealth and history here of running sharp-edged advertisements, has been attacking Mr. Bush as not sufficiently conservative.

Mr. Long praised Mr. Cox and the two others as sufficiently conservative on abortion and taxes.

He was similarly blunt in his prescription for dealing with criticism of judicial appointees who were not perceived as sufficiently conservative.

He writes he was ordered by factional bosses such as Tony Abbott to oppose the preselection of Brendan Nelson because he was not considered sufficiently conservative.

While in Congress he took strong conservative positions, at times even arguing that former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, a Republican of Georgia, was not sufficiently conservative on fiscal issues.

Already weakened by a fund-raising scandal, he was taken out by his own in part because they didn't consider him sufficiently conservative.

Mr. Helms, a conservative, has frequently blocked ambassadorial appointments as part of a crusade against a State Department that he considers not sufficiently conservative.

The pencil shape from the waist down is flattering, and while black lace is possibly a controversial choice for a wedding the high neckline and long sleeves keep it sufficiently conservative.

I suppose so, if the wording was sufficiently conservative.

According to cleverly misleading reports from the Heritage Foundation and other like-minded sources, the deficit is growing because Mr. Bush isn't sufficiently conservative: he's allowing runaway growth in domestic spending.