The question is whether Mr. Draghi, 63, can satisfy his competing constituencies as he confronts a euro-zone crisis that keeps testing the limits of policy-making.
After decades focused on disciplining its own cadre to survive underground, the Brotherhood's leadership is still adjusting to the competing constituencies and high visibility of democratic life.
Mr. Allen, who oversees the fund's work, said the preservation of Babylon would require collaboration among competing constituencies that is extremely rare amid Iraq's political instability.
The need to satisfy competing constituencies and patronage networks within China's political elite is always a delicate and painstaking balancing act.
In her rejection of General Musharraf's concessions, Ms. Bhutto was undoubtedly walking a fine line between the competing constituencies she needs to appease.
Like any good lawyer, Ms. White will have to adapt to these new circumstances while dealing with a host of competing constituencies both at the agency and on Capitol Hill.
The senior officials said they decided, long before the midterms, that they would not start out with a single proposal, and instead wait to see how Congress negotiates its way through the competing constituencies.
They are driven by circumstances and the jostle of competing constituencies, so you have to allow them a lot of leeway and never give up on them, unless they do something extraordinarily wrong.
Boxer's attempt to straddle competing constituencies – whites who support a harsh crackdown on illegal immigration, and Latinos who don't – is a good example of the challenges now facing Democrats seeking re-election.
Senators Stevens and Campbell said last week that fixing the U.S.O.C.'s problems may require changes in its governance structure, which includes a 123-member board of directors with myriad competing constituencies and a 21-member executive committee that makes policy.
