Honestly I think that was a huge success for Republican realignment:

1. The Nixon-Gingrich realignment is complete, white workers are a Republican constituency now and the party realizes it needs to serve them as such
2. This is completely compatible with the Dubya dream of drawing minorities into the party, maintaining competitiveness by cutting into Dem margins
3. Donald J Trump, Republican standardbearer, no longer has to execute the duties of President, for whom his party bore the taint of his halfassedness
4. Donald J Trump, guy who pump-primed the realignment, no longer has to serve as Republican standardbearer, with the party having to accommodate whatever he’s currently doing
5. They retain a strong Senate position under a senatorial President who signals a Clinton-post-94 interest in meeting the legislature where it is
6. None of the competing Dem factions were validated, all were frustrated, in a way that makes the party’s path forward unclear, with multiple power centers capable of undermining but not establishing unity