There has not even been any landslides lately. Obama didn't win by much. In view of our history, how can anyone seriously think that the GOP is dead? If history is any guide, the GOP will probably win again in 2016. The "darkness" you predict is just not consistent with the ebbs and flows of our history.
Personally, I think that if Romney had won, the current leftward trend would have been more pronounced than it will be with Obama. Romney would have implemented the same liberal policies with the support of the Democrats and a whole lot of RINO's. But, those socialist policies, whether they come from Obama or Romney, will in the long run fail and things will be moving back in the other direction.
In the long run, I am optimistic. I guess I agree with what you've written on your home page:
"I believe strongly in the doctrine of “American Exceptionalism”. No other country in the history of the world has given so much to the people of earth. Because of this, I remain convinced that no matter the threats we face as a people, whether foreign or domestic, that we will eventually triumph over them."
Friend, there has always been an ebb and flow, or what some would call a pendulum effect, between the two major parties in America, but I just don't believe we're looking at the same country anymore. Sure, politics between the Democrats and Republicans has always been hot and divisive, but I don't think we've seen anything like what we're seeing now, in modern times.
The left has simply become more radicalized than at any time in our past. Some would say that the right has done likewise, but I see it as the right becoming more firmly resolved to restore the founding fundamentals of the nation. That probably looks pretty radical from the other side, hence the charge.
I suppose a non-partisan observer (if there were such an animal) would look at us and conclude that we've both moved further away from the center, and have adopted more 'extreme' and hardened positions. The cultural/political divide has grown. Of that, there is no doubt.
So, what about that pendulum? By all rights, it should have swung hard right in the last election, but it didn't. In my view, it was stopped from doing so by two things: 1) voter fraud on a massive scale by the Democrats, and 2) a conservative base who were demoralized by the lack of a candidate they could believe in.
Having watched the radical leftist Obama regime over the last four years, I'm convinced that they will use every lever of force and control within their grasp, to ensure that fair elections at the national level are fixed in their favor from this day forward. They will use the power of every office and agency of the federal leviathan to weaken our fundamental way of life, and attempt to take so much freedom from states, groups, and individuals, that their permanent control of the nation's power centers is assured.
They intend to change and rig the system so radically, that the pendulum will never swing back in our favor.
I still believe that the good people of America will prevail, but I'm not so sure anymore whether the liberals will be allowed to come along for the ride. More and more, I think we're going to see the country split apart for a second time.