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n.

A political power broker, motivated solely by ideology, who while being a member of a mainstream political party, operates outside of the usual rules of party patronage. [Blend of ideological and entrepreneur.]

In each chapter, Burkett focuses on a

different type of conservative: young women ("the babes"),

religious women ("the holy"), militia women ("the outlaws"),

intellectual women ("the ideopreneurs"), guntoting women

("pistol-packing mamas"), etc.

—Barbara Spindel, "Looking to the Right," Feminist Collections, October 31, 1998

Then, when the neocons got lost in a marketplace of ideas that has become a superstore, the new ideopreneurs turned the tables, whining that the "liberal media" was silencing conservative voices, while feminist leaders crowed with self-satisfaction.

—Elinor Burkett, The Right Women: A Journey Through the Heart of Conservative America," Scribner, March 1, 1998