Even those who have strong partisan opinions should realize that even the most enlightened and humane political philosophy can be highjacked by extremists, evolve into something ugly, or just become obsolete under different conditions. For either party to get a permanent grip on power would be a tragedy, in fact, it would precipitate the inbred corruption that inevitably leads to tyranny. I would hope wise heads of either party would accept this as a given.

I'm not surprised at your huffy "I told you so" attitude at the current Democratic supremacy, but your paranoia may be just a bit premature. Give them a few years to screw things up before you lapse into the exact same frame of mind you criticize them for.