Democrats painted the veteran congressman a ' right-wing ideologue ' whose budget proposals would give tax cuts to the wealthy at the expense of seniors and middle-class workers .
Mr paulson , a fan of free-markets , has long been seen as suspect by the right for being a pragmatist not an ideologue , and for his environmental credentials .
A senior spanish conservative ideologue admitted 10 years ago that for precisely this reason he feared the end of eta more than he feared the group 's terrorist campaign .
Labour says mr osborne is a dangerous ideologue , cutting public spending too deeply and ignoring warning signs of an economic slump in stubborn pursuit of what it says is his real goal , a smaller state .