Cameron's statement that "this is going to be the first government in modern history that at the end of its parliamentary term has less regulation in place than there was at the beginning" is an extraordinary ideological remark.
As he tottered round southern China, berating conservatives and calling for the liberation of China's economy from ideological shackles, he remarked: "If any problem occurs in China, it will arise from within the party".
This breeds remarkable ideological consistency.
Tax calculations aside, another aspect of Cantor's remarks went largely unnoticed: their ideological inconsistency.
"Over the years," he said in his remarks, "Americans have accepted significant ideological differences in the kinds of men and women that various presidents have nominated to the Supreme Court.
Awad said that he welcomed Obama's remarks, but stressed that the ideological critique had to come from within the Muslim community.
Mr Putin's own local representative said he was convinced the remarks were not Mr Mikhailov's "ideological position".Jews in fact enjoy considerable religious freedom in Russia.
"Thank God they can fix this in post," she cracked when the rancor grew louder after her speech; they obviously can't, but hopefully her remarks helped to fix the convention's ideological fissures.
In 2007, Paul Krugman, the Times columnist who recently won the Nobel Prize in Economics, commended these remarks to Obama, advising him to sharpen his ideological edge, and warning that his search for common ground with Republicans would be his undoing.
The Cruz campaign has tried to raise doubts among Iowa conservatives about Trump's ideological moorings, publicizing his past support for abortion rights and the favorable remarks he has made about Obama, Bill and Hillary Clinton and other Democrats.
