1.   He accused these conservatives of hindering renovation of society under the pretext of populism or of safeguarding ideological purity.

2.   Or it could preserve its ideological purity and risk losing the elections.

3.   And the First Lady, more interested in surviving to fight another day than in ideological purity, agreed.

4.   After Iowa, the Republican presidential contest is almost certain to move further to the right, focusing on conservative social issues, ideological purity and fundamentalist piety.

5.   But the younger Castro also expressed concerns about ideological purity.

6.   Can it be that the harsh reality of political battle and getting re-elected is overwhelming the inspirational quality of ideological purity?

7.   Certainly a president-elect is free to act the martinet and demand ideological purity of his Cabinet.

8.   For moderate Republicans, rising ultraconservative pressure for ideological purity is a disconcerting phenomenon that they are not sure how to counter.

9.   For that reason, victory, not ideological purity, will be on their minds.

10.   In contrast, Republican governors such as Bush coasted to easy victories by shunning the ideological purity of their congressional leaders while emphasizing compassionate conservatism.