Dissent within the major parties is contained in the wings and factions of each respective party.
Meanwhile he may spend much energy holding his party together; a jumble of former leftist politicians, bankers and bureaucrats, it is sorely divided.If neither party wins a decent majority in the election, there may be more of this complexity, with both looking to bolster themselves with support from smaller parties or breakaway factions of each other.
Mr. Paterson appointed Mr. Ravitch to help resolve a stalemate in the State Senate, which was divided evenly between two factions of 31 members each in a dispute over which party was in charge.
What better examples are there today than the factions of Islam murdering each other as well as others, all claiming to be holier than thou in their thirst for power in the name of the Koran?
"Maybe when America sees the stars in all their expensive clothes and limousines, and then the cameras follow them to where we're sitting, they'll think about it some". There were largish factions for each of the nominated actors and actresses, though Paul Newman's was the most vocal and outrageously dressed (or, rather, undressed).
The county's political climate -- with two factions of Republicans feuding with each other, and both sets feuding with the Democrats -- does not make things any easier.
He was able to play off Protestant and Roman Catholic factions of Scottish nobles against each other, and through a group of commissioners known as the Octavians (1596 97), he was able to rule Scotland almost as absolutely as Elizabeth ruled England.
In his quest to weed out those he deems unfit to live, he manipulates various factions of mutants to battle each other to the death... Did You Know: Apocalypse's former headquarters, a massive sentient starship, now serves as the headquarters for his arch-enemies, the super hero group known as X-Factor".
However, wading into a conflict defined by a myriad of competing factions, each of which is being manipulated by external actors such as the US, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Iran, hardly seems like a sensible long-term strategy.
But this new civil war has pitched two heavily armed factions of the national army against each other, supported by civilian militias.
I lied to all the various factions of the family - telling each that I was going to the other's house for Christmas - and ended up on my own staring at these knives.
