Gain, whose conciliatory position towards African Americans had branded him as one of the most liberal law enforcement officers in the country, soon earned the ire of the police force.
Journalism, art, fashion, social work and therapy are dominated by liberals; while law enforcement, farming, dentistry, medicine and the military attract more conservatives.
In the end, an unholy alliance of liberals opposed to enforcement in general, and conservatives opposed to a national ID card specifically, could well doom the Schumer-Graham plan.
The strident voices of liberals calling for enforcement of judgment with regard to Darfur, should also be arguing in favor of turning over evidence of potential crimes during the Bush administration directly to the international court.
A literal enforcement of their original intentions, in short, would necessitate rolling back a full century of liberal reforms now broadly regarded as beyond debate.
"We ended up in the bizarre position where being in favour of the enforcement of liberal democracy was a 'neoconservative' view and non-interference in another nation's affairs was 'progressive'".
"Europe is now a chair with four legs".Tellingly, Mr Monti has signed up to a letter sponsored by Britain, the Netherlands and other liberal countries urging stronger enforcement of single-market rules, including the naming and shaming of countries that fail to abide by commitments to open up energy and services.
Another recurrent theme was a generally liberal approach to law-enforcement issues.
Nor was there any way to insure the enforcement of any liberal concessions extracted from the king as conditions for the handover.
Last year California voters rejected a ballot proposition to that effect, and this is not an issue where the country as a whole is likely to be more liberal than California.On the enforcement side, the United States is trying new approaches, but there have also been errors.
