- He has broken the decades-long stranglehold Christian theocrats have had over the party.
- He has halted, at least temporarily, the mindless genuflecting of its policy professionals to the Tax Cut Gods.
- He has exposed the monochrome whiteness of the party which in turn has exposed its racism.
The fact his candidacy also has distorted the party beyond recognition and turned it into a fringe, minority opposition group of racists, fascists, xenophobes, Know Nothings, misogynists and other anti-American malcontents will have wait for another blog post.