But Washington has been pressing the fractious opposition to unite and not to lose momentum.

Others view the new party as a way to remain ahead of a fractious opposition.

The usually fractious opposition had united, however, and focused attention on local issues, said Marquez.

In terms of practical politics, these leaders hope to use their influence, as mainstays of support for various anti-Government parties, to nudge the fractious opposition toward greater unity.

She had previously expressed reservations about establishing a transition government that might rule out internal alternatives to the fractious opposition that has emerged in exile, officials said.

What was once an unruly and fractious opposition came together in time to put up one presidential candidate, Corazon "Cory" Aquino, widow of Ninoy.

But throwing money and weapons at Iraq's feeble and fractious opposition will not achieve the intended results.

"Groupthink" is mainly a disease of the powerful and complacent, not the fractious opposition.

Today the Tories are a depleted and fractious opposition facing all-but-sure defeat for the second time in four years.

Romanians offer a variety of explanations that range from the weakness of a fractious opposition to what they call the inherent conservatism of many Romanians.