And the country in 1976. later came the rise of the democratic leadership council, a centrist vehicle that took bill clinton to the white house by pulling the party even further to the right. by 2008 after eight years of george w. bush the democratic coalition grown by liberal white voters, union members and particularly voters of color won back the white house, but liberal gains of the obama years triggered yet another backlash and soon they will have to give the white house back to a president who could be poised to roll back major parts of the obama legacy, erasing some of the most sweeping...