The result was no consensus to delete, default to keep. Sandstein ( talk) 06:22, 28 April 2008 (UTC) reply
This article is misleading and inaccurate. Basically, it has created a formal "Opposition Party" out of whole cloth based on the fact that the opposition to the (Democratic) Pierce Administration in the 34th Congress was basically disorganized and not a national party. As such, the Congressional Biographical Directory calls the party affiliation various congressmen in that Congress "Opposition," which basically just indicates the disorganization of the Democrats' opponents. Someone has used this to basically create an article which tries to claim that this was an organized political party, and even suggests they were a distinct entity from the Know Nothings, who were, in fact, just one element of the Opposition which happens to be indicated separately in the Congressional Biographical Directory. The article is a mess, and should be destroyed. john k ( talk) 18:24, 13 April 2*008 (UTC)
*Keep Just because there was no formal organization, the Opposition Party label is still notable enough to warrant its own article. It does need to be better-sourced, and possibly re-worded somewhat to clarify that it was more a label than an actual cohesive political unit. But this article is definitely fixable. No need to destroy it.--
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