The conflicting expectations of her various constituencies — staff, family, public, celebrity friends — seem to leave her discomfited, hovering between playing the executive and playing the puppet.
Over several hours, Mr. Bryan grew more excited as he became convinced that Mr. Cuno could handle all the museum's major constituencies: staff, trustees, collectors, donors and the public.
"Jim said, 'Let's change it from a dream to a plan, and then we don't have to mock it.'" Kim still had to win over another powerful constituency: his staff.
Helen Osgood, a senior caseworker in Eagle's constituency office, said staff had arrived for work to find the window broken, and they had been getting threats of violence.
"Like the larger church, Sojourners' constituency, board, and staff are not of one mind on all of these issues.
Before the general election, they complained repeatedly of his reluctance to visit their constituencies, with his staff turning down countless invitations to northern Tory events.
He says there is little difference between what the government is offering, and what Lord Harries of Pentregrath, the former bishop who is pushing the anti-government amendments on constituency spending and staffing costs, actually want.
Those cuts will be felt hardest in George Osborne's Tatton constituency, where 550 Astra staff will lose their jobs and another 1,600 employees have been told to relocate.
"Nicky appealed to all the constituencies: the college, the staff, the trustees," Mr. Wimberly said.
I spare a thought for, and this is true of so many constituencies, for members of staff.
